Word evolution game

Man in Space · Post by **Man in Space** » Wed May 25, 2022 10:53 am

Loss of initial unstressed vowels with accompanying intervocalic voicing à la Vietnamese:

[ðɒʊ]

Travis B. · Post by **Travis B.** » Wed May 25, 2022 11:09 am

[ð] > 0

[ɒʊ]

vegfarandi · Post by **vegfarandi** » Wed May 25, 2022 11:13 am

[fɔɻ.ɾi ɚ.ɪ.dn̩.i]

Jonlang · Post by **Jonlang** » Wed May 25, 2022 12:09 pm

Syllabic nasals receive epenthetic [a]

[fɔɻ.ɾi ɚ.ɪ.dan.i]

vegfarandi · Post by **vegfarandi** » Wed May 25, 2022 12:26 pm

(Forgot to add in the stress so adding that back here. No change.)

[ˈfɔɻ.ɾi ɚ.ˈɪ.dan.i]

Rounin Ryuuji · Post by **Rounin Ryuuji** » Wed May 25, 2022 5:01 pm

Rhotic assimilation:

[ˈfɔɾ.ɾi ɚ.ˈɪ.dan.i]

Zju · Post by **Zju** » Thu May 26, 2022 1:10 am

Fortition:

[ˈfɔɾ.ɾi ɻˈɪ.dan.i]

Jonlang · Post by **Jonlang** » Thu May 26, 2022 3:52 am

I-mutation - raising and fronting of vowels preceding [i ɪ j]:

[ˈfɛɾ.ɾiɻˈɪ.dɛn.i]

Should there not be a syllable break immediately before the [ˈɪ]?

Rounin Ryuuji · Post by **Rounin Ryuuji** » Thu May 26, 2022 8:49 pm

Vocalisation of coda [ɾ ɻ] > [ɐ ɨ]

[ˈfɛɐ.ɾiɨˈɪ.dɛn.i]

Jonlang · Post by **Jonlang** » Fri May 27, 2022 10:59 am

Simplification of vowel clusters:

[ˈfeː.ɾiː.dɛn.i]

Rounin Ryuuji · Post by **Rounin Ryuuji** » Fri May 27, 2022 5:48 pm

Coda consonants spread word-internally to the onset of a subsequent syllable where the onset was earlier null.

[ˈfeː.ɾiː.dɛn.ni]

Jonlang · Post by **Jonlang** » Sat May 28, 2022 4:58 pm

Second i-mutation: word final [i] moves to the preceding syllable creating a diphthong.

[ˈfeː.ɾiː.dɛinn]

Travis B. · Post by **Travis B.** » Sat May 28, 2022 5:59 pm

[nn] > [ɲ]

[ˈfeː.ɾiː.dɛiɲ]

Man in Space · Post by **Man in Space** » Sat May 28, 2022 9:49 pm

Lag metathesis

[ˈfeː.diː.ɾɛiɲ]

Rounin Ryuuji · Post by **Rounin Ryuuji** » Sun May 29, 2022 12:13 am

Shortening of unstressed long vowels.

[ˈfeː.di.ɾɛiɲ]

vegfarandi · Post by **vegfarandi** » Sun May 29, 2022 5:46 pm

Breaking of long vowels.

[ˈfie.di.ɾɛiɲ]

Rounin Ryuuji · Post by **Rounin Ryuuji** » Sun May 29, 2022 10:29 pm

[ɛ] > [e] before [j]

[ˈfie.di.ɾeiɲ]

Man in Space · Post by **Man in Space** » Sun May 29, 2022 10:45 pm

Loss of posttonic high vowels

[ˈfie.dɾeiɲ]

Jonlang · Post by **Jonlang** » Mon May 30, 2022 5:37 am

Intervocalic lenition

[ˈfie.ðɾeiɲ]

Rounin Ryuuji · Post by **Rounin Ryuuji** » Mon May 30, 2022 9:24 pm

Postconsonantal [r] and prevocalic [i] merge to [j]:

[ˈfje.ðjeiɲ]

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