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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2022 12:45 pm
by WarpedWartWars
vegfarandi wrote: Mon Jun 13, 2022 10:15 am ʐɣ > ʀ

[βilj'helmβɑːr ʀinhæːr'ʑunoːr]
Pharyngealization of glottals:

[βilj'ħelmβɑːr ʀinħæːr'ʑunoːr]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2022 12:55 pm
by vegfarandi
Metathesis of palatal approximants.

[βil'ħjelmβɑːr ʀinħæːr'ʑunoːr]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2022 3:36 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Further prerhotic lowering:

[βil'ħjelmβɑːr ʀinħɑːr'ʑunɔːr]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2022 4:43 pm
by vegfarandi
Laryngeal spreading.

[βiɫ'ħjelmβɑːr ʀinˤħɑːr'ʑunɔːr]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2022 7:08 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Loss of prenasalisation:

[βiɫ'ħjelβɑːr ʀinˤħɑːr'ʑunɔːr]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2022 2:00 am
by WarpedWartWars
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Mon Jun 13, 2022 7:08 pm Loss of prenasalisation:

[βiɫ'ħjelβɑːr ʀinˤħɑːr'ʑunɔːr]
Heightening of vowels, modulo the height of the mouth (i.e., [i] and [u] turn into [a] and [ɑ]):

[βaɫ'ħjilβoːr ʀanˤħoːr'ʑɑnoːr]

(Is such a sound change attested in any natlang?)

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2022 8:37 am
by vegfarandi
Dissimilation of [i] following [j].

[βaɫ'ħjelβoːr ʀanˤħoːr'ʑɑnoːr]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 6:33 am
by Jonlang
Changes to [β]: Initial [β] > [v]; after a liquid [β] > [b]

[vaɫ'ħjelboːr ʀanˤħoːr'ʑɑnoːr]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 7:45 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Vowels lengthen inopen, stressed syllables:

[vaɫ'ħjelboːr ʀanˤħoːr'ʑɑː.noːr]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 8:04 am
by Jonlang
[r] disappears after long vowels.

[vaɫ'ħjelboː ʀanˤħoː'ʑɑː.noː]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 8:07 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Remaining coda resonants vocalise — [ɫ l n] > [ʊ̯ ɪ̯ ɐ̯]:

[vaʊ̯'ħjeɪ̯boː ʀaɐ̯ˤħoː'ʑɑː.noː]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 9:03 am
by Jonlang
Changes to [ħ]: [ħj] > [ç]; [ˤħ] > [ʁ]

[vaʊ̯'çeɪ̯boː ʀaɐ̯ʁoː'ʑɑː.noː]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 9:20 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Long Vowel and Diphthong chain shift [oː ɑː aʊ̯ aɐ̯ eɪ̯] > [uː eː oː aː iː]

[voː'çiːbuː ʀaːʁuː'ʑeː.nuː]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 9:48 am
by Jonlang
[ʁ] merges with [ʀ]

[voː'çiːbuː ʀaːʀuː'ʑeː.nuː]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 10:50 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Partial quantitative metathetsis from posttonic long vowels to stressed long vowels (which become semi-overlong)

[voː'çiːˑbuˑ ʀaːʀuː'ʑeːˑ.nuˑ]

Vōhîbū Rārūzhênū (?)

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 1:17 pm
by vegfarandi
Half-long vowels lower and shorten.

[voː'çiːˑbo ʀaːʀuː'ʑeːˑ.no]

Vōhîbo Rārūzhêno

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 1:46 pm
by Jonlang
Hapology.

[voː'çiːˑbo ʀaː'ʑeːˑ.no]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 1:55 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Legnth or overlength becomes realised as a coda resonant.

[vou'çiːj.bo ʀaɹ.ʀuw'ʑeːj.no]

Vouhíjbo Rharrhuwzhéjno

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 2:11 pm
by Jonlang
Loss of final vowels

[vou'çiːjb ʀaɹ.'ʑeːjn]

Also re-incorporated my previous change that Rounin ignored :roll:

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 2:50 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
I-mutation:

[vøy'çiːjb ʀaɹ.'ʑeːjn]