Word evolution game

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pope
[ɸoχe]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

vowels strengthen following dorsals.
also known as, 'notenderdude' or any variation thereof.

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pope
[oχe]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

Loss of *ɸ before rounded vowels
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pope
[wɒχe]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

o > wɒ
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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pope
[wæχe]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

umlaut.
also known as, 'notenderdude' or any variation thereof.

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pope
[wɑχæ]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

Uvular-coloring.
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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pope
[wɑhæ]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

Debuccalisation
LZ – Lēri Ziwi
PS – Proto Sāzlakuic (ancestor of LZ)
PRk – Proto Rākēwuic
XI – Xú Iạlan
VN – verbal noun
SUP – supine
DIRECT – verbal directional
My language stuff
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pope
[wɑçæ]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

Palatalization before front vowels.
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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pope
[jæçæ]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

Regressive palatalization
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pope
[ɟʝæcçæ]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

Fortition of palatals.
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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pope
[ɟʝacça]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

Vowels collapse back into a five vowel system
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New Word
[ˈnɔk.kus]
nọkkus
“wolverine”
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gaka
[gɣakxa]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

depalatalization.


nọkkus
[ˈnɔxus]
‘wolverine’

geminates > fricatives
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gaka
[ɣakxa]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

*gɣ > *ɣ


nọkkus
[ˈnɔxəs]
‘endonym’

*u > *ə between a non coronal and a coronal
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gaka
[ʁakxa]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

ɣ > ʁ


nọkkus
[ˈnɔχəs]
‘endonym’

Velars back after back vowels.
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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rẹkx
[ʁɛkx]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

Vowel loss with compensatory dissimilation of identical vowels


nọkkus
[ˈnɔχɔsə]
‘endonym’

*ə+Coronal# > *ɔ+Coronal+ə
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rẹkx
[ʁɛkʲʃ]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

Progressive palatalization


nọkkus
[ˈnɔɔsə]
‘endonym’

*χ > Ø / V_V
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rẹkx
[ʁɛkʲiʃ]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

Epenthesis.


nọkkus
[ˈnausə]
‘endonym’

Dissimilation.
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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rẹkx
[ɢʁɛkʲiʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption’

prosthetic initial plosive

naus
[ˈnaus]
‘endonym’

loss of word-final shwa
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rẹkx
[ˈqχɛkʲiʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption’

Initial devoicing.

naus
[ˈnawus]
‘endonym’

Insertion of glide.
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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rẹkx
[ˈqχɛciʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption’

[kʲ] > [c].

naus
[ˈnawuh]
‘endonym’

word-final lenition.
also known as, 'notenderdude' or any variation thereof.

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