Sound Change Game

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Vynyi kaarsha [ka.aɻʂa] → Msěrsca caersa [ˈkaːɹ̞sɔ]
Vynyi syukhuursha [ʃuxu.urʂa] → Msěrsca sohársa [suˈxoːɹ̞sɔ]
Vynyi mavitha [mavitʰa] → Msěrsca mabitha [ˈmavɪθɔ]
Vynyi kukhuva [kuxuva] → Msěrsca cohoba [ˈkɔxɔvɔ]

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Mind if I join? And oh god please don't tell me this is all from the same word this thread started with.

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No need to ask permission; feel free to jump right in! The current words haven't been mutating for very long (relatively speaking); this round started with "catfish," "sausage," "umbrella," and "coffee."

Msěrsca caersa [ˈkaːɹ̞sɔ] :> Riktas Rammay karca [kaɾt͡sa]
Msěrsca sohársa [suˈxoːɹ̞sɔ] :> Riktas Rammay suhurca [suhuɾt͡sa]
Msěrsca mabitha [ˈmavɪθɔ] :> Riktas Rammay mavita [maβit̪a]
Msěrsca cohoba [ˈkɔxɔvɔ] :> Riktas Rammay kahava [kahaβa]

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LET'S BUTCHER SOME WORDS

Riktas Rammay karca [kaɾt͡sa] :> Naa deDaal galadza [galad͡za]
Riktas Rammay suhurca [suhuɾt͡sa] :> Naa deDaal zuxuludza [zʉxʉlʉd͡za]
Riktas Rammay mavita [maβit̪a] :> Naa deDaal mabida [mabɪda]
Riktas Rammay kahava [kahaβa] :> Naa deDaal gaxaba [gaxaba]

Have fun getting those rhotics back :D

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Naa deDaal galadza [galad͡za] :> O karatza [kaɾadza]
Naa deDaal zuxuludza [zʉxʉlʉd͡za] :> O zugurutza [zuxuɾudza]
Naa deDaal mabida [mabɪda] :> O mabita [maβita ~ mawita]
Naa deDaal gaxaba [gaxaba] :> O kagaba [kaxaβa ~ kaxawa]
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O karatza [kaɾadza] :> Yipta kalatsa [kælætsæ] (nominative); kolotso [kɔlɔtsɔ] (oblique)
O zugurutza [zuxuɾudza] :> Yipta sukkulutso [sukʰulutsɔ] (oblique); sikkilitsa [sikʰilitsæ] (nominative)
O mabita [maβita ~ mawita] :> Yipta miwita [miwitæ] (nominative); muwuto [muwutɔ] (oblique)
O kagaba [kaxaβa ~ kaxawa] :> Yipta kakkawa [kækʰæwæ] (nominative); kokkowo [kɔkʰɔwɔ] (oblique)

And there they go again!

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Yipta kalatsa [kælætsæ] → Yaufulti kalasa [ˈkaləsə]
Yipta sukkulutso [sukʰulutsɔ] → Yaufulti sukulusu [suˈxuloso] (and su- could be reinterpreted as a determiner prefix and deleted... jussayin)
Yipta miwita [miwitæ] → Yaufulti nigita [ɲiɲita]
Yipta kakkawa [kækʰæwæ] → Yaufulti kakaga [ˈkakəgə]

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Yaufulti kalasa [ˈkaləsə] :> Naa deDaal galaza [galazaʔ]
Yaufulti sukulusu [suˈxuloso] :> Naa deDaal zuxulozo [zʉxʉlɔzɔʔ]
Yaufulti nigita [ɲiɲita] :> Naa deDaal ninida [nɪnɪdaʔ]
Yaufulti kakaga [ˈkakəgə] :> Naa deDaal gagaga [gagagaʔ]

Gagaga is the greatest word ever.

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Naa deDaal galaza [galazaʔ] :> Yēdo gāṛe [gaːɻɛ]
Naa deDaal zuxulozo [zʉxʉlɔzɔʔ] :> Yēdo ṛèxêṛe [ɻɛ̤xɛ̤ːɻɛ]
Naa deDaal ninida [nɪnɪdaʔ] :> Yēdo nêde [nɛ̤ːd̪ɛ]
Naa deDaal gagaga [gagagaʔ] :> Yēdo gāge [gaːgɛ]

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Yēdo gāṛe [gaːɻɛ] :> Proto *gale :> Yet Unnamed Conlang gara ['ga:ra]
Yēdo ṛèxêṛe [ɻɛ̤xɛ̤ːɻɛ] :> Proto *lexele :> YUC oshara [ɯ'ʃa:ra]
Yēdo nêde [nɛ̤ːd̪ɛ] :> Proto *nede :> YUC nada ['nada]
Yēdo gāge [gaːgɛ] :> Proto *gage :> YUC gaja ['gaɟa]
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Yet Unnamed Conlang gara ['ga:ra] :> Southern Arve gara [ˈgaːrə]
YUC oshara [ɯ'ʃa:ra] :> Southern Arve ostara [ʏçˈçæːrɐ]
YUC nada ['nada] :> Southern Arve näda [ˈnað:ð̩]
YUC gaja ['gaɟa] :> Southern Arve gäge [gaʝ:ɪ]
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Southern Arve gara [ˈgaːrə] :> Kannulun kata [ˈkaza]
Southern Arve ostara [ʏçˈçæːrɐ] :> Kannulun ykkera [yˈçːera]
Southern Arve näda [ˈnað:ð̩] :> Kannulun nat [nat]
Southern Arve gäge [gaʝ:ɪ] :> Kannulun kaki [ˈkaʝi]

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Kannulun kata [ˈkaza] → kaza [ˈkaza]
Kannulun ykkera [yˈçːera] → ichchìra [ˈiç.çeˌra]
Kannulun nat [nat] → nat [ˈnat]
Kannulun kaki [ˈkaʝi] → kaghi [ˈkaɣi]

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kaza [ˈkaza] → Pre-Wendoth kaza [kaˈza] → Wendoth qoz [qoʐ] → Yèwèdo [koː]
ichchìra [ˈiç.çeˌra] → Pre-Wendoth ʔixera [ʔiˈxe.ra] → Wendoth įcax [ˈḭçɐχ] → Yèwèdo šhax [ʃʰax]
nat [ˈnat] → Pre-Wendoth naʔ [naʔ] → Wendoth ngą [ŋga̰] → Yèwèdo ge [gɛ]
kaghi [ˈkaɣi] → Pre-Wendoth kaɣi [kaˈɣi] → Wendoth koj [coʝ] → Yèwèdo čō [tʃoː]

Edit: corrected the name of the language; if you look back at the last few pages you'll notice that Yēdo/Yōdu/Yèwèdo has been a work in progress. :P
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have to say i didn't expect the trajectory that "umbrella" took lmao

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The rhotics have been permanently eliminated. My mission is accomplished.

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shit, i fucked up in my last one anyway, kannulun doesn't have an r. ykkera should have been ykkela

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This seems to have petered out of late, so I'm gonna go ahead and propose four new words (pronunciations based more or less on my own dialect of American English):

abalone [æb.əˈloʊ.ni]
jalapeño [ˌhæləˈpeɪnjoʊ]
juniper [ˈdʒuːnɪpɚ]
library [ˈlaɪˌbɹɛɹi]

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abalone [æb.əˈloʊ.ni] > Lélep abeloli [abɨloli]
jalapeño [ˌhæləˈpeɪnjoʊ] > Lélep halepénno [halɨpen:o]
juniper [ˈdʒuːnɪpɚ] > Lélep chulipe [tʃulipɨ]
library [ˈlaɪˌbɹɛɹi] > Lélep laimnéli [laimneli]

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Lélep abeloli [abɨloli] :> hbë-loyi [ʔəˌ̃ⁿbɨə̯lʊˈji]
Lélep halepénno [halɨpen:o] :> jlë-pino [həˌlepɪˈnõ]
Lélep chulipe [tʃulipɨ] :> xyipë [ʃəˌjiˈpe]
Lélep laimnéli [laimneli] :> nää-niyi [ˌnẽə̯̃nɪˈji]
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hbë-loyi [ʔəˌ̃ⁿbɨə̯lʊˈji] :> Old Zarcosian qampialuii [ʕampjaluji] :> Modern Zarcosian gämpšaluji [ʀɑmpçaluʝi] :> Kandurian əmpjaluji [əmpˈʝaluʝɪ]
jlë-pino [həˌlepɪˈnõ] :> Old Zarcosian hlepino [ħlepino] :> Modern Zarcosian xlepino [χlepino] :> Kandurian lepĩo [ˈlɛpɪ̯̃ɔ]
xyipë [ʃəˌjiˈpe] :> Old Zarcosian šaiipe [ɕajipe] :> Modern Zarcosian šəpe [çəpe] :> Kandurian jəpe [ʝəˈpɛ]
nää-niyi [ˌnẽə̯̃nɪˈji] :> Old Zarcosian neunii [newnij] :> Modern Zarcosian nëwnij [nɤʀʷniʝ] :> Kandurian noṅij [ˈnɔnˀɪʝ]
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Kandurian əmpjaluji [əmpˈʝaluʝɪ] :> Yèwèdo phežāži [pʰɛʒaːˈʒi]
Kandurian lepĩo [ˈlɛpɪ̯̃ɔ] :> Yèwèdo lēpā [lɛːˈpaː]
Kandurian jəpe [ʝəˈpɛ] :> Yèwèdo žepe [ʒɛˈpɛ]
Kandurian noṅij [ˈnɔnˀɪʝ] :> Yèwèdo nāniž [naːˈniʒ]

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Yèwèdo phežāži [pʰɛʒaːˈʒi] :> Kannow peraaresʼ [pʰɛˈdʐɑːʐɛtsʼ]
Yèwèdo lēpā [lɛːˈpaː] :> Kannow leepʼasʼ [ˈdɮeːpʼɑtsʼ]
Yèwèdo žepe [ʒɛˈpɛ] :> Kannow repʼeģàt [ʐɛˈpʼɛʁʷɔθ]
Yèwèdo nāniž [naːˈniʒ] :> Kannow nyynirģàt [ˈnɨːnʲiʐʁʷɔθ]

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Kannow peraaresʼ [pʰɛˈdʐɑːʐɛtsʼ] :> Riktas Rammay faḍazaci [ɸaɖazatsi]
Kannow leepʼasʼ [ˈdɮeːpʼɑtsʼ] :> Riktas Rammay zip'aci [zipʼatsi]
Kannow repʼeģàt [ʐɛˈpʼɛʁʷɔθ] :> Riktas Rammay zap'awa [zapʼawa]
Kannow nyynirģàt [ˈnɨːnʲiʐʁʷɔθ] :> Riktas Rammay ninizwa [ninizwa]

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Riktas Rammay faḍazaci [ɸaɖazatsi] :> Proto *fadasatsi [ɸadasatsi] :> YUC (Yet Unnamed Conlang) fadazasti [fadazas'ti]
Riktas Rammay zip'aci [zipʼatsi] :> Proto *siphatsi [sipʰatsi] :> YUC siphasti [sipʰas'ti]
Riktas Rammay zap'awa [zapʼawa] :> Proto *saphawa [sapʰawa] :> YUC sapha ['sapʰa]
Riktas Rammay ninizwa [ninizwa] :> Proto *niniswa [niniswa] :> YUC ninisia [ni'nisja]
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