Word evolution game

[Travis B.]

And I should emphasize that a single word should be able to last for months ─ our goal here is not to destroy words as fast as possible as we have seen here.

[foxcatdog]

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

*r > *d

pulhadzi
[puˈɮa.dʑi]
"breast"

Lateralisation

ļiimia
[ˈʎ̥aj.mdɛ]
‘ankylosaurid’

*ia > *dɛ

[Travis B.]

xirelwollos
[tɕi˨.dɛ˨ɹ.wɔː˦.ɫɔ˦s]
'femboy'

Lengthening of vowels in high tone open syllables.

pulhadzi
[puˈla.dʑi]
"breast"

ɮ > l

(Oh and please, I know you like arbitrarily turning non-laterals into laterals, but aside from with rhotics this is a quite uncommon sound change, so please don't do it that often.)

ļiimia
[ˈʎ̥aj.mːɛ]
‘ankylosaurid’

Reduction of clusters to geminates.

[foxcatdog]

We exist in a thread where there's a conspiracy to do Vowel in open/stressed/monosyllable into a long vowel, then break said long vowel often into two syllables something I cannot attest to happening in any language (please correct me if I'm wrong I know of languages losing every initial consonant like pama nguyan but and even languages converting long vowels into vowel + hard consonant sequences like faroese or even long vowel + glide to long vowel + syllabic glide (the language I am using right now) but predominantly CVCV languages becoming CVCVCV languages without the addition of derivation/compounding/noun class is something I've never seen)

[Travis B.]

We need a way of introducing new syllables somehow, with how some people insist on reducing the syllable count at like every opportunity.

[foxcatdog]

Most known words don't go through enough sound changes to justify keeping them around as long as we do. I'd say take someone giving a CV word as an oppurtunity to practice starting from a monosyllabic CV language and see how far you can go with that. Try to figure out how to change *ba to *mœ then change it to *mwe and have it eventually end up *fja instead of just going *bo > *baw > *bawa in three posts.

[foxcatdog]

xirelwollos
[tsi˨.dɛ˨ɹ.wɔː˦.ɫɔ˦s]
'femboy'

*tɕ > *ts

pulhadzi
[puˈna.dʑi]
"breast"

*l > *n

ļiimia
[ˈsʲaj.mːɛ]
‘ankylosaurid’

Amarinisation

[Travis B.]

xirelwollos
[t̪θi˨.dɛ˨ɹ.wɔː˦.ɫɔ˦s]
'femboy'

ts > t̪θ

pulhadzi
[pũˈna.dʑi]
"breast"

Regressive nasalizatiob

ļiimia
[ˈsʲaj.bmɛ]
‘ankylosaurid’

mː > bm

[foxcatdog]

xirelwollos
[t̪θi˨.dɛ˨ɹ.wɔː˦.ɫɔ˦h]
'femboy'

*s > *h finally

pulhadzi
[pũˈnɔ.dʑi]
"eye"

*a > *ɔ between coronals

ļiimia
[ˈsʲaz.bmɛ]
‘ankylosaurid’

*j > *z before another consonant

[þeprussianfrog]

xirelwollos
[t̪θi˨.de˨ɹ.woː˦.ɫo˦h]
'femboy'

pulhadzi
[pũˈno.dʑi]
"eye"

ļiimia
[ˈsʲaz.bme]
‘ankylosaurid’

ɔ ɛ -> o e

[foxcatdog]

xirelwollos
[t̪θi˨.de˨.ɹuː˦.ɫu˦h]
'femboy'

*o > *u with loss of *w before *u

pulhadzi
[pũˈnø.dʑi]
"eye"

Umlaut

ļiimia
[ˈsʲaz.bwe]
‘ankylosaurid’

*bm > *bw

[þeprussianfrog]

tþideŵûûlûh
[t̪θi˨.de˨.ɹuː˦.ɫu˥˩]
'femboy'

final h disappears and leaves a falling tone

pulhadzi
[ũpˈnø.dʑi]
"eye"

Vp -> pV metathesis initially

siazbůe
[ˈʃaz.bwe]
‘Denversaurus schlessmani’

sʲ -> ʃ

[foxcatdog]

tþideŵûûlûh
[t̪ɹi˨.de˨.ɹuː˦.ɫu˥˩]
'femboy'

t̪θ > *t̪ɹ

pulhadzi
[ũpˈnø.tʂi]
"eye"

dʑ > *tʂ

siazbůe
[ˈʃazbʷ]
‘Denversaurus schlessmani’

Final vowels lost leaving behind labiovelarasitation or rounding on the previous consonant

[þeprussianfrog]

tżideżûûlù
[t̪ʐi˨.de˨.ʐuː˦.ɫu˥˩]
'femboy'

ɹ -> ʐ

pulhadzi
[ũpˈnø.dʐi]
"eye"

intervocalic voicing

siazěbů
[ˈʃazəbʷ]
‘Denversaurus schlessmani’

inserting a schwa between 2+ consonants

[Travis B.]

tżideżûûlù
[t̪θi˨.de˨.ʐuː˦.ɫu˥˩]
'femboy'

Devoicing and agreement in POA of heterogeneous clusters, resulting in affricates when appropriate.

(Yes that's an affricate and not a cluster, and was originally supposed to be an affricate... Do I need to put in tie bars to reinforce the point?)

pulhadzi
[ũpˈnø.dʒi]
"eye"

dʐ > dʒ

siazěbů
[ˈʃazɵbʷ]
‘Denversaurus schlessmani’

Assimilation of schwas to the rounding of following consonants.

[/ˌnɐˈɾɛndɚduːd/]

tżideżûûlù
[θi˨.de˨.ʐuː˦.ɫu˥˩]
'femboy'

deaffrication.

pulhadzi
[ũpˈnœ.dʒɪ]
"eye"

weakening of non-nasal vowels.

siazěbů
[ˈʃaʒɵbʷ]
‘Denversaurus schlessmani’

sibilant harmony.

[Travis B.]

tżideżûûlù
[θi˨.de˨.ʐuː˦.tɫu˥˩]
'femboy'

Affrication of onset [ɫ].

pulhadzi
[ũpˈnø.dʒɪ]
"eye"

Tensing of vowels in stressed open syllables.

siazěbů
[ˈʃadʒɵbʷ]
‘Denversaurus schlessmani’

ʒ > dʒ

[Man in Space]

tżideżûûlù
[θi˨.de˨.ʐyː˦.tɫu˥˩]
‘femboy’

Umlaut of back vowels before coronals

pulhadzi
[ũpˈnø.ʎʒɪ]
‘eye’

*d > *ʎ / _Ḱ

siazěbů
[ˈʃœdʒɵbʷ]
‘Denversaurus schlessmani’

Roundedness assimilation

[þeprussianfrog]

þideżŷŷtrù
[θi˨.de˨.ʐyː˦.tru˥˩]
‘femboy’

rhotacism of ɫ

ũpmöĺžĭ
[ũpˈmø.ʎʒɪ]
‘eye’

assimilation n -> m after labial

siazěbů
[ˈʃœdʒɵβ]
‘Denversaurus schlessmani’

bʷ -> β

[Man in Space]

þideżŷŷtrù
[θi˨.de˨.ʐyː˦.t͜sru˥˩]
‘femboy’

Affrication before /r/

ũpmöĺžĭ
[ũmˈpø.ʎʒɪ]
‘eye’

Metathesis of voiceless-stop-plus-nasal clusters after a nasal vowel

siazěbů
[ˈʃœʒʒɵβ]
‘Denversaurus schlessmani’

*-dʒ- > -ʒʒ-