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Disaffrication with compensatory lengthening: ['jɔːs] iós "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your honour" [ʝ] > [j] ['jejç] ieich "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; ...

Depalatalisation: ['œt͡s] oets "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your honour" Disaffrication: ['ʝeçː] giecch "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices...

Coda [ɕː] > [jɕ] ['œjɕ] eoisc "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your honour" (I think this one's finally losing steam.) [kj] > [c͡ç] ['ɟ͡ʝe.c͡çæ̥] giecia "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with ...

[qχ] > [kx] ['œkx] diórhe "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your honour" [c] > [cɕ] ['ge.cɕæ̥] gaiciah "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your...

Terminal [jɑ] > [ɛ] ['djɔr.dɛ] diórde "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your honour" Vowels lengthen in open, stressed syllables ['ʑiː.jɑt] žiyat "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles o...

[ʁ] > [r] ['ɟɔr.ɟɑ] giórgia "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your honour" [e] > [ia] in closed, stressed syllables ['ʑiat] žiat "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; ...

Rhotacism: ['jɔʁ.ɟɑ] dhióžgia "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your honour" Disaffrication: ['ʑøt] džiot "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) y...

Anyone ever wondered (in conlanging terms) what English might have looked like if the Norman conquest had exerted more influence on English phonology and grammar but less on vocabulary? I think it might be fun to produce an Anglic language matching that description. As a quick thought, for a few ch...

Resyllabification with shortening of long vowels: ['ðjɔʒ.ɟɑ] dhióžgia "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your honour" Glottalisation becomes realised as a coda [t] ['d͡ʑot] džiot "(to a woman of higher rank than on...

Breaking of non-high front vowels to glide + back vowel sequences: ['ðjɔː.ʒjɑ] dhióžia "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your honour" Vowels lengthen in open, stressed syllables: ['d͡ʑoː] giô "(to a woman of highe...

Disaffrication: ['vœː.ʒa] vueja "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your honour" [wj] > [ɥ]: ['gɥa] gyua "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your...

Let's have a dialect split, then — [u̯ɛ] > [øː] ['vøː.d͡ʒa] vueja "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your honour" [ɛj] > i ['gwi.ja] wéoje "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office...

[ɞj] > [u̯ɛj]

['vu̯ɛj.ja]
wéorle
"(highly formal, now chiefly archaising) mother; (of a woman of higher ranking than the speaker) Mrs.; (with titles of office, as "secretary", "prime minister") madam; (of judges, justices) your honour"

[ə] > [a]

['vɵ˞ː.ja]
wéorle
"(highly formal) mother; madam, Mrs.”

Denasalisation

['vɵ˞ː.lə]
wéorle
“mother; madam, Mrs.”

[ʙw] > [wɹ]


['wɹɵ̃ː.lə]
wrǫ́le
“mother”

[mʙ] > [ʙ]

['ʙu̯ɵ̃ː.lɛ]
muǫ́le
“mother”

Quantitative metathesis:

['mu̯ɵ̃ː.lɛ]
muǫ́le
“mother”

[aː] > [ɛː]

['mɔ̃.lɛː]
mǫlē
“mother”

Vowels back and round following a labial initial:

[’mɔ̃.daː]
mantā
“mother”