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Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat May 09, 2026 6:42 pm
by 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.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun May 10, 2026 11:05 pm
by foxcatdog
xirelwollos
[tɕi˨.dɛ˨ɹ.wɔ˦.ɫɔ˦s]
'femboy'
*r > *d
pulhadzi
[puˈɮa.dʑi]
"breast"
Lateralisation
ļiimia
[ˈʎ̥aj.mdɛ]
‘ankylosaurid’
*ia > *dɛ
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon May 11, 2026 8:05 am
by 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.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon May 11, 2026 4:15 pm
by 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)
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon May 11, 2026 5:11 pm
by 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.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon May 11, 2026 7:30 pm
by 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.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon May 11, 2026 7:34 pm
by foxcatdog
xirelwollos
[tsi˨.dɛ˨ɹ.wɔː˦.ɫɔ˦s]
'femboy'
*tɕ > *ts
pulhadzi
[puˈna.dʑi]
"breast"
*l > *n
ļiimia
[ˈsʲaj.mːɛ]
‘ankylosaurid’
Amarinisation
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon May 11, 2026 8:04 pm
by Travis B.
xirelwollos
[t̪θi˨.dɛ˨ɹ.wɔː˦.ɫɔ˦s]
'femboy'
ts > t̪θ
pulhadzi
[pũˈna.dʑi]
"breast"
Regressive nasalizatiob
ļiimia
[ˈsʲaj.bmɛ]
‘ankylosaurid’
mː > bm
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon May 11, 2026 8:42 pm
by 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
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue May 12, 2026 3:46 am
by þeprussianfrog
xirelwollos
[t̪θi˨.de˨ɹ.woː˦.ɫo˦h]
'femboy'
pulhadzi
[pũˈno.dʑi]
"eye"
ļiimia
[ˈsʲaz.bme]
‘ankylosaurid’
ɔ ɛ -> o e
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue May 12, 2026 4:39 am
by 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
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue May 12, 2026 6:46 am
by 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
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed May 13, 2026 12:12 am
by 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
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed May 13, 2026 4:58 am
by 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
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed May 13, 2026 12:12 pm
by 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.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed May 13, 2026 1:41 pm
by /ˌnɐˈɾɛndɚduːd/
tżideżûûlù
[θi˨.de˨.ʐuː˦.ɫu˥˩]
'femboy'
deaffrication.
pulhadzi
[ũpˈnœ.dʒɪ]
"eye"
weakening of non-nasal vowels.
siazěbů
[ˈʃaʒɵbʷ]
‘Denversaurus schlessmani’
sibilant harmony.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed May 13, 2026 1:55 pm
by 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
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed May 13, 2026 4:59 pm
by 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
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed May 13, 2026 5:14 pm
by 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
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed May 13, 2026 6:05 pm
by 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-