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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2022 4:33 am
by foxcatdog
Jonlang wrote: Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:20 am I'm starting to think we're just going in circles with this one.

I-mutation.

['jo.lə 'sɛi̯ lɛm'i.lə 'ɑ.ŋu 'ɛ.jə]

Loss of diacritics after spelling changes to accommodate i-mutation.

Yola sei lemila añu eya.
Schwas drop

['jo.l 'sɛi̯ lɛm'i.l 'ɑ.ŋu 'ɛ.j]

Rather than write this people decide to write the now unpronounced schwas at the end of every word

Yola seia lemila añua eya.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2022 5:35 am
by Jonlang
[ŋ] > [n]

['jo.l 'sɛi̯ lɛm.'il 'ɑ.nu 'ɛj]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2022 7:56 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Intrusive glides and schwas before terminal syllabic coda resonants; medial coda resonants before a null initial spread to the onset of the following syllable

['jo.wəl 'sɛi̯ lɛm.'mil 'ɑ.nu 'ɛj]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2022 8:08 am
by Jonlang
Final [j] > [ɪð]

['jo.wəl 'sɛi̯ lɛm.'mil 'ɑ.nu 'ɛɪð]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2022 9:00 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Final nonsyllabic [i] > [ɪç].

['jo.wəl 'sɛɪç lɛm.'mil 'ɑ.nu 'ɛɪð]
Hioel seih lemmil anu eidh.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2022 10:51 am
by Jonlang
Dissimilation of long nasals.

['jo.wəl 'sɛɪç lɛm.'bil 'ɑ.nu 'ɛɪð]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2022 10:55 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
[ɛɪ] > [ɘɪ]

['jo.wəl 'sɘɪç lɛm.'bil 'ɑ.nu 'ɘɪð]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2022 11:02 am
by Travis B.
Final sonorant consonants have [ə] inserted after them.

['jo.wə.lə 'sɘɪç lɛm.'bi.lə 'ɑ.nu 'ɘɪð]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2022 11:08 am
by Travis B.
Orthographic updates only; after a long period of illiteracy, a new orthography is created from scratch.

['jo.wə.lə 'sɘɪç lɛm.'bi.lə 'ɑ.nu 'ɘɪð]

Yowele seich lembile anu eidh.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2022 12:41 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
French-style loss of schwa before a following vowel, with liaison following

['jo.wə.lə 'sɘɪ.ç lɛm.'bi.l͜ 'ɑ.nu 'ɘɪð]
Yowele seich lembile anu eidh.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2022 6:32 am
by Jonlang
Loss of final vowels.

['jo.wə.l 'sɘɪ.ç lɛm.'bi.l͜ 'ɑ.n 'ɘɪð]

Final vowels remain written as a signal of liaison.
Yowel seich lembile an eidh.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2022 12:23 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
preconsonantal [l ç] > [w j]

['jo.wəw 'sɘɪj lɛm.'bi.l͜ 'ɑ.n 'ɘɪð]
Yowel seich lembile an eidh.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2022 12:47 pm
by Otto Kretschmer
[kɔt]

A single word, means cat in Polish.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2022 1:49 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[ɔ] > [u̯ɛ]

[ku̯ɛt]

The orthography remains conservative:
kot

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2022 3:01 pm
by vegfarandi
Palatalization of dentals following front vowels.

[ku̯ɛtʲ]

kot

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2022 3:33 pm
by Travis B.
Breaking of diphthongs.

[kuˈwɛtʲ]

kot

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2022 4:10 pm
by Jonlang
Intervocalic [w] > [β]

[kuˈβɛtʲ]

kowet

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2022 5:45 pm
by foxcatdog
Jonlang wrote: Fri Jun 24, 2022 4:10 pm Intervocalic [w] > [β]

[kuˈβɛtʲ]

kowet
Palatised consonants acquire an epenthetic *i

[kuˈβɛtʲi]

People start imitating the french word "chat" (by now pronounced *ʃɛ) leading to an altered orthography
choweti

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2022 5:50 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
I-mutation

[kʲyˈβetʲi]

Copying of French orthography continues:

Cuvéti.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2022 6:16 pm
by foxcatdog
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Fri Jun 24, 2022 5:50 pm I-mutation

[kʲyˈβetʲi]

Copying of French orthography continues:

Cuvéti.
Inserion of epenthetic consonants in between labial vowels and labial consonants.

[kʲyjˈβetʲi]

Orthography remains unchanged

Cuvéti.