Word evolution game

[WarpedWartWars]

ʐɣ > ʀ

[βilj'hel^mβɑːr ʀinhæːr'ʑunoːr]

Pharyngealization of glottals:

[βilj'ħel^mβɑːr ʀinħæːr'ʑunoːr]

[vegfarandi]

Metathesis of palatal approximants.

[βil'ħjel^mβɑːr ʀinħæːr'ʑunoːr]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Further prerhotic lowering:

[βil'ħjel^mβɑːr ʀinħɑːr'ʑunɔːr]

[vegfarandi]

Laryngeal spreading.

[βiɫ'ħjel^mβɑːr ʀinˤħɑːr'ʑunɔːr]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Loss of prenasalisation:

[βiɫ'ħjelβɑːr ʀinˤħɑːr'ʑunɔːr]

[WarpedWartWars]

Loss of prenasalisation:

[βiɫ'ħjelβɑːr ʀinˤħɑːr'ʑunɔːr]

Heightening of vowels, modulo the height of the mouth (i.e., [i] and [u] turn into [a] and [ɑ]):

[βaɫ'ħjilβoːr ʀanˤħoːr'ʑɑnoːr]

(Is such a sound change attested in any natlang?)

[vegfarandi]

Dissimilation of [i] following [j].

[βaɫ'ħjelβoːr ʀanˤħoːr'ʑɑnoːr]

[Jonlang]

Changes to [β]: Initial [β] > [v]; after a liquid [β] > [b]

[vaɫ'ħjelboːr ʀanˤħoːr'ʑɑnoːr]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Vowels lengthen inopen, stressed syllables:

[vaɫ'ħjelboːr ʀanˤħoːr'ʑɑː.noːr]

[Jonlang]

[r] disappears after long vowels.

[vaɫ'ħjelboː ʀanˤħoː'ʑɑː.noː]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Remaining coda resonants vocalise — [ɫ l n] > [ʊ̯ ɪ̯ ɐ̯]:

[vaʊ̯'ħjeɪ̯boː ʀaɐ̯ˤħoː'ʑɑː.noː]

[Jonlang]

Changes to [ħ]: [ħj] > [ç]; [ˤħ] > [ʁ]

[vaʊ̯'çeɪ̯boː ʀaɐ̯ʁoː'ʑɑː.noː]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Long Vowel and Diphthong chain shift [oː ɑː aʊ̯ aɐ̯ eɪ̯] > [uː eː oː aː iː]

[voː'çiːbuː ʀaːʁuː'ʑeː.nuː]

[Jonlang]

[ʁ] merges with [ʀ]

[voː'çiːbuː ʀaːʀuː'ʑeː.nuː]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Partial quantitative metathetsis from posttonic long vowels to stressed long vowels (which become semi-overlong)

[voː'çiːˑbuˑ ʀaːʀuː'ʑeːˑ.nuˑ]

Vōhîbū Rārūzhênū (?)

[vegfarandi]

Half-long vowels lower and shorten.

[voː'çiːˑbo ʀaːʀuː'ʑeːˑ.no]

Vōhîbo Rārūzhêno

[Jonlang]

Hapology.

[voː'çiːˑbo ʀaː'ʑeːˑ.no]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Legnth or overlength becomes realised as a coda resonant.

[vou'çiːj.bo ʀaɹ.ʀuw'ʑeːj.no]

Vouhíjbo Rharrhuwzhéjno

[Jonlang]

Loss of final vowels

[vou'çiːjb ʀaɹ.'ʑeːjn]

Also re-incorporated my previous change that Rounin ignored

[Rounin Ryuuji]

I-mutation:

[vøy'çiːjb ʀaɹ.'ʑeːjn]