Word evolution game

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Loss of terminal unstressed vowels with compensatory lengthening of the preceding syllable:

[ˈpʰỹːf]

[Travis B.]

[pʰ] > [ɸ]

[ˈɸỹːf]

[Jonlang]

Post-vocalic lenition.

[ˈɸỹːv]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Nasalisation spreads to the following consonant:

[ˈɸỹːm]

[Travis B.]

[ɸ] > 0

[ˈỹːm]

[Man in Space]

[-m] > 0

[ˈỹː]

I think this is the quickest we’ve destroyed a word.

[Jonlang]

[-m] > 0

[ˈỹː]

I think this is the quickest we’ve destroyed a word.

It's becoming somewhat boring now. It would be more interesting if each new word came with some proposed parameters/rules, e.g. "Make this sound French in 12 changes or fewer" etc. Having a seven-syllable word reduced to [ˈỹː]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

We can actually undestroy it.

Appearance of prothetic [j]

[ˈjỹː]

[vegfarandi]

We can actually undestroy it.

Approximants become nasals preceding nasalized consonants.

[ˈɲỹː]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Nasal excrescence following nasal vowels, with loss of nasalisation:

[ˈɲyːm]

[Travis B.]

Insertion of [ə] after coda consonants.

[ˈɲyːmə]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[y] breaks to a triphthong [i̯ey̯]

[ˈɲi̯ey̯.mə]

[vegfarandi]

Breaking of long vowels.

[ˈɲeu.mə]

[WarpedWartWars]

[y] breaks to a triphthong [i̯ey̯]

[ˈɲi̯ey̯.mə]

Nasal shifting:

[ˈni̯ey̯.ɱə]

Also, are [i̯] and [y̯] supposed to be [j] and [ɥ]?

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Nonvocallic elements of diphthongs break into separate syllables, contextually [i̯ y̯] > [ij jy]

[ni'je.jy.ɱə]

Also, are [i̯] and [y̯] supposed to be [j] and [ɥ]?

I tend to think of [i̯] as somewhat longer and more vowelly than [j].

[Travis B.]

Intervocalic [j] > [ʒ].

[ni'ʒe.ʒy̯.ɱə]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[ə] > [a]

[ni'ʒe.ʒy.ɱa]

[Jonlang]

Stressed vowels become long:

[ni'ʒeː.ʒy.ɱa]

[Travis B.]

Breaking of long vowels.

[ni'ʒei.ʒy.ɱa]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Rhotacism: [ʒ] > [ʐ] > [ɽ]:

[ni'ɽei.ɽy.ɱa]