Word evolution game

[þeprussianfrog]

hjaċivaje
[ça.ɬi.ˈβa:.je]
'Ankylosaurus magniventris'

lengthening of the stressed vowel

svałif
[ˈsva.ɬɪf]
“humanoid, human-like”

w -> v

sijvle
[ɕiʝˈlvʲɛ]
‘(of lines) to go up’

v ʎ -> l vʲ metathesis

[foxcatdog]

hjaċivaje
[ça.ɬi.ˈβoa.je]
'Ankylosaurus magniventris'

a: > *oa

svałif
[ˈsva.sɪf]
“humanoid, human-like”

*ɬ > *s

sijvle
[ɕi:ˈlvʲɛ]
‘(of lines) to go up’

*iʝ > *i:

[þeprussianfrog]

hjaċivaje
[ça.ɬi.ˈβoa.j]
'Ankylosaurus magniventris'

final e drops

vasif
[ˈva.sɪf]
“ape, hominid”

initial s drops

sijvle
[ɕi:ˈvʲɛ]
‘to be vertical’

l drops before v

[Travis B.]

hjaċivaje
[ça.ɬi.ˈβoa.ji]
'Ankylosaurus magniventris'

Vowel inserted after final semivowels.

vasif
[ˈfa.sɪf]
“ape, hominid”

Initial devoicing.

sijvle
[ɕi:ˈvijɛ]
‘to be vertical’

Palatalization ejects a full vowel followed by a glide.

[þeprussianfrog]

hjaċivaje
[ça.ɬi.ˈβoai]
'Ankylosaurus magniventris'

j vanishes, final i merges into the triphthong.

vasif
[ˈfa.zɪf]
“ape, hominid”

Voicing of intervocalic s to z.

sijvle
[ɕeyˈvijɛ]
‘to be vertical’

Long i becomes a dipthong ey.

[Man in Space]

hjaċivaje
[çalˈβoai]
‘Ankylosaurus magniventris’

[+syll +hi] > Ø / [+cont] _ [+cont] [+syll +stress] (with phonetic assimilation)

vasif
[ˈfasf]
‘ape, hominid’

[+syll +hi -stress] > Ø / _(C)#

sijvle
[ɕœyˈvijɛ]
‘to be vertical’

Roundness assimilation

[foxcatdog]

hjaċivaje
[ˈçlβoai]
‘Ankylosaurus magniventris’

Pretonic vowels lost

vasif
[ˈfaso:]
‘ape, hominid’

Final *f > *o: after a consonant

sijvle
[ɕœyˈvjai]
‘to be vertical’

*ijɛ > *jai

[þeprussianfrog]

hjluai
[ˈçluai]
‘Ankylosaurus magniventris’

βo -> u

vasif
[ˈfasua]
‘ape, hominid’

long o to ua

sijvle
[ɕœyˈvjɛ]
‘to be vertical’

monophthongization of ai to ɛ

[Travis B.]

hjluai
[ˈçluβai]
‘Ankylosaurus magniventris’

uai > uβai

vasif
[ˈfasuβa]
‘ape, hominid’

ua > uβa

sijvle
[ɕœyˈvjɑ]
‘to be vertical’

jɛ > jɑ

[foxcatdog]

hjluai
[ˈhʎ̥u.βai]
‘Ankylosaurus magniventris’

çl > *hʎ̥

vasif
[ˈho.su.o]
‘ape, hominid’

Labial + *a to Weak/Lost Consonant + *o

sijvle
[ɕœyˈjɑ]
‘to be vertical’

Intervocalic voiced fricatives lost

[þeprussianfrog]

hjluai
[ˈʎ̥u.βai]
‘Ankylosaurus magniventris’

vasif
[ˈo.su.o]
‘ape, hominid’

h disappears

sijvle
[ɕœyæ]
‘to be vertical’

jɑ -> æ

[foxcatdog]

lhoumi
[ˈʎ̥u.mai]
‘Ankylosaurus magniventris’

*β > *m

vasif
[ˈo.hu.o]
‘ape, hominid’

*s > *h

sijvle
[œyæ]
‘to be vertical’

jɑ -> æ

*ɕ lost

[foxcatdog]

New word

*pukasi
[puˈka.si]
“breast”

[þeprussianfrog]

pugazi
[puˈga.zi]
“breast”

Intervocalic voicing

lhoumi
[ˈʎ̥u.mia]
‘ankylosaurid’

ai -> ia

owo
[ouo]
‘monkey’

h disappears

oeoe
[œ̄]
‘to erect’

monophthongization of the triphthong into long œ

[þeprussianfrog]

new word

cĭrĕr̥kwōllōs
[ɕi˨.rɛ˨ɹ.kʷɔ˦.ɫɔ˦s]

'femboy'

[foxcatdog]

xirelfollos
[ɕi˨.rɛ˨ɹ.fɔ˦.ɫɔ˦s]
'femboy'

*kʷ > *f


*pugazi
[puˈza.gi]
"breast"

Velar+Non-Stop Alveolar sequences metathesise

lhoumi
[ˈʎ̥i.mia]
‘ankylosaurid’

*u > *i in contact with a labial + front vowel

[þeprussianfrog]

xirelwollos
[ɕi˨.rɛ˨ɹ.wɔ˦.ɫɔ˦s]
'femboy'

intervocalic voicing

puzadzi
[puˈza.dzi]
"breast"

g -> dz before front vowels

ļiimia
[ˈʎ̥i:.mia]
‘ankylosaurid’

stressed vowel lengthens

[Travis B.]

Okay, you two, cut it out with deleting segments here there and everywhere and repeatedly proposing new words.

[Travis B.]

I propose two new rules:

1. Only delete segments when they can be phonologically or phonetically justified (e.g. no ɕ > 0 without a Very Good Reason).
2. Only one new word gets to be proposed by anyone per month.

[Travis B.]

xirelwollos
[tɕi˨.rɛ˨ɹ.wɔ˦.ɫɔ˦s]
'femboy'

Initial ɕ > tɕ

puzadzi
[puˈza.dʑi]
"breast"

dz > dʑ before front vowels

ļiimia
[ˈʎ̥aj.mia]
‘ankylosaurid’

i: > aj