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Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 9:08 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Loss of terminal unstressed vowels with compensatory lengthening of the preceding syllable:
[ˈpʰỹːf]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 11:41 pm
by Travis B.
[pʰ] > [ɸ]
[ˈɸỹːf]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2022 2:18 am
by Jonlang
Post-vocalic lenition.
[ˈɸỹːv]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2022 8:22 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Nasalisation spreads to the following consonant:
[ˈɸỹːm]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2022 11:09 am
by Travis B.
[ɸ] > 0
[ˈỹːm]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2022 1:39 pm
by Man in Space
[-m] > 0
[ˈỹː]
I think this is the quickest we’ve destroyed a word.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2022 3:13 pm
by Jonlang
Man in Space wrote: ↑Sun Jun 05, 2022 1:39 pm
[-m] > 0
[ˈỹː]
I think this is the quickest we’ve destroyed a word.
It's becoming somewhat boring now. It would be more interesting if each new word came with some proposed parameters/rules, e.g. "Make this sound French in 12 changes or fewer" etc. Having a seven-syllable word reduced to [ˈỹː]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2022 4:46 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
We can actually undestroy it.
Appearance of prothetic [j]
[ˈjỹː]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 8:21 am
by vegfarandi
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: ↑Sun Jun 05, 2022 4:46 pm
We can actually undestroy it.
Approximants become nasals preceding nasalized consonants.
[ˈɲỹː]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 11:38 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Nasal excrescence following nasal vowels, with loss of nasalisation:
[ˈɲyːm]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 1:22 pm
by Travis B.
Insertion of [ə] after coda consonants.
[ˈɲyːmə]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 2:19 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[y] breaks to a triphthong [i̯ey̯]
[ˈɲi̯ey̯.mə]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 2:23 pm
by vegfarandi
Breaking of long vowels.
[ˈɲeu.mə]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 2:24 pm
by WarpedWartWars
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 2:19 pm
[y] breaks to a triphthong [i̯ey̯]
[ˈɲi̯ey̯.mə]
Nasal shifting:
[ˈni̯ey̯.ɱə]
Also, are [i̯] and [y̯] supposed to be [j] and [ɥ]?
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 2:28 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Nonvocallic elements of diphthongs break into separate syllables, contextually [i̯ y̯] > [ij jy]
[ni'je.jy.ɱə]
WarpedWartWars wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 2:24 pm
Also, are [i̯] and [y̯] supposed to be [j] and [ɥ]?
I tend to think of [i̯] as somewhat longer and more vowelly than [j].
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 3:16 pm
by Travis B.
Intervocalic [j] > [ʒ].
[ni'ʒe.ʒy̯.ɱə]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 3:17 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[ə] > [a]
[ni'ʒe.ʒy.ɱa]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 3:26 pm
by Jonlang
Stressed vowels become long:
[ni'ʒeː.ʒy.ɱa]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 3:31 pm
by Travis B.
Breaking of long vowels.
[ni'ʒei.ʒy.ɱa]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 4:03 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Rhotacism: [ʒ] > [ʐ] > [ɽ]:
[ni'ɽei.ɽy.ɱa]