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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2026 10:39 am
by Man in Space
radtloyngei
[ljat̪ˈt͡ɬʰʌŋɣleː]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance’

Loss of front offglides before velars

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2026 11:24 am
by Travis B.
radtloyngei
[jat̪ˈt͡ɬʰʌŋɣleː]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance’

lj > j

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2026 12:28 pm
by /ˌnɐˈɾɛndɚduːd/
radtloyngei
[jat̪ˈt͡ɬʰʌŋʟeː]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance’

[ɣl] > [ʟ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2026 4:33 pm
by Travis B.
radtloyngei
[jat̪ˈt͡ɬʰʌŋɰeː]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance’

ʟ > ɰ

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2026 11:14 pm
by /ˌnɐˈɾɛndɚduːd/
radtloyngei
[ja˧t̪ˈt͡ɬʌ˦ŋɰeː˧]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance’

aspiration causes a high tone on the preceding vowel and is lost.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2026 11:22 pm
by Man in Space
radtloyngei
[ja˧t̪ˈt͡ɬʌ˦ŋɰeˀ˧]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety’

Length > glottalization

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2026 3:58 pm
by Travis B.
radtloyngei
[ja˧t̪ˈt͡ɬʌ˦ŋʕe˧]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety’

Glottalization is transferred onto preceding velar consonants and becomes pharyngealization.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2026 3:11 am
by Man in Space
radtloyngei
[jɐ̆ˈʰt͡ɬʌ˧˦ŋʕe˧]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety’

Sesquisyllabicization: The first syllable is demoted to minor syllable status, with the tone being absorbed the following vowel (now the major vowel) and the coda leniting as it is no longer supported by a major nucleus, turning gemination into preäspiration. (I hope that's not unjustifiably much; if it is, feel free to ignore this.)

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2026 1:28 pm
by Travis B.
radtloyngei
[jɐ̆ˈθt͡ɬʌ˧˦ŋʕe˧]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety’

Preaspiration becomes a voiceless fricative homorganic with the following consonant.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2026 1:38 pm
by /ˌnɐˈɾɛndɚduːd/
Man in Space wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2026 3:11 am ... Sesquisyllabicization ...
that's a new favorite word. :lol:



radtloyngei
[jɐ̆ˈθk͡ɬʌ˧˦ŋʕe˧]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety’

[t͡ɬ] > [k͡ɬ] before back vowels.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2026 2:02 pm
by Travis B.
radtloyngei
[jɐ̆ˈθc͡çʌ˧˦ŋʕe˧]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety’

k͡ɬ > c͡ç

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2026 5:26 pm
by /ˌnɐˈɾɛndɚduːd/
yadcáonqe
[jɐ̆ˈθc͡çʌː˦ŋʕe˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety’

tone shift (˧˦ > ː˦, ˦...˧ > ˦...˨).

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2026 5:35 pm
by Travis B.
yadcáonqe
[jɐ̆ˈt͡ɕʌː˦ŋʕe˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety’

θc͡ç > t͡ɕ

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2026 6:45 pm
by Man in Space
yadcáonqe
[sz̩ˈt͡ɕʌː˦ŋʕe˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety’

Minor syllables with a glide onset become syllabic fricatives

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2026 7:14 pm
by Travis B.
yadcáonqe
[sʁ̩ˈt͡ɕʌː˦ŋʕe˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety’

z̩ > ʁ̩

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2026 10:45 pm
by Man in Space
yadcáonqe
[sʁ̩ˈt͡ɕʌː˦ŋʕa˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety’

Laryngeal coloring

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2026 3:14 pm
by /ˌnɐˈɾɛndɚduːd/
yadcáonqe
[sʁ̩ˈt͡ɕʌː˦ŋa˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety’

loss of laryngeals.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2026 7:45 pm
by Travis B.
yadcáonqe
[sʁ̩ˈt͡ɕʰʌː˦ŋa˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety’

Aspiration of stressed and initial fortis plosives.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2026 8:16 pm
by Man in Space
yadcáonqe
[sʁ̩ˈt͡ɕʰæː˦ŋa˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety’

Fronting of central vowels after palatal phones

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2026 8:29 pm
by Travis B.
yadcáonqe
[sʁ̩ˈt͡ɕʰja˦ŋa˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety’

æː > ja