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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed May 25, 2022 10:53 am
by Man in Space
Loss of initial unstressed vowels with accompanying intervocalic voicing à la Vietnamese:

[ðɒʊ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed May 25, 2022 11:09 am
by Travis B.
[ð] > 0

[ɒʊ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed May 25, 2022 11:13 am
by vegfarandi
[fɔɻ.ɾi ɚ.ɪ.dn̩.i]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed May 25, 2022 12:09 pm
by Jonlang
Syllabic nasals receive epenthetic [a]

[fɔɻ.ɾi ɚ.ɪ.dan.i]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed May 25, 2022 12:26 pm
by vegfarandi
(Forgot to add in the stress so adding that back here. No change.)

[ˈfɔɻ.ɾi ɚ.ˈɪ.dan.i]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed May 25, 2022 5:01 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Rhotic assimilation:

[ˈfɔɾ.ɾi ɚ.ˈɪ.dan.i]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu May 26, 2022 1:10 am
by Zju
Fortition:

[ˈfɔɾ.ɾi ɻˈɪ.dan.i]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu May 26, 2022 3:52 am
by Jonlang
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]?

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu May 26, 2022 8:49 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Vocalisation of coda [ɾ ɻ] > [ɐ ɨ]

[ˈfɛɐ.ɾiɨˈɪ.dɛn.i]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri May 27, 2022 10:59 am
by Jonlang
Simplification of vowel clusters:

[ˈfeː.ɾiː.dɛn.i]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri May 27, 2022 5:48 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Coda consonants spread word-internally to the onset of a subsequent syllable where the onset was earlier null.

[ˈfeː.ɾiː.dɛn.ni]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat May 28, 2022 4:58 pm
by Jonlang
Second i-mutation: word final [i] moves to the preceding syllable creating a diphthong.

[ˈfeː.ɾiː.dɛinn]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat May 28, 2022 5:59 pm
by Travis B.
[nn] > [ɲ]

[ˈfeː.ɾiː.dɛiɲ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat May 28, 2022 9:49 pm
by Man in Space
Lag metathesis

[ˈfeː.diː.ɾɛiɲ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun May 29, 2022 12:13 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Shortening of unstressed long vowels.

[ˈfeː.di.ɾɛiɲ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun May 29, 2022 5:46 pm
by vegfarandi
Breaking of long vowels.

[ˈfie.di.ɾɛiɲ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun May 29, 2022 10:29 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[ɛ] > [e] before [j]

[ˈfie.di.ɾeiɲ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun May 29, 2022 10:45 pm
by Man in Space
Loss of posttonic high vowels

[ˈfie.dɾeiɲ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon May 30, 2022 5:37 am
by Jonlang
Intervocalic lenition

[ˈfie.ðɾeiɲ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon May 30, 2022 9:24 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Postconsonantal [r] and prevocalic [i] merge to [j]:

[ˈfje.ðjeiɲ]