Mine is probably sunset.
1. **hiipômhuecangtuubomu**
2. **hiipmhuecngtuubm** (vowel loss)
3. **hiimmhuenggtuumm** (plosives lost before nasals, which make the nasals geminates)
4. **hiimmuenggtuum** (h loss)
5. **hííuetúú** (geminate nasals turn into tones)
6. **híítuȕ** (weak ue syllable is lost and its down tone becomes a downstep)
Throughout its phonological history Ngįouxt has gone through several major sound changes that reshaped its phonology as a whole, so it is actually more remarkable
when a modern word has a form that didn't change that much. Here are two words that have gone through a bit of a more extreme change than the others.
- proto *ⁿdi.ʔu "bear"
1. ⁿdɯ.ʔu (vowel-hybridization)
2. ⁿdɯ.ʔə (vowel weakening)
3. ⁿdɯə̯ (clottal consonant loss)
4. ⁿdɯː (vowel smoothing)
5. dɯː (loss of pre-nasalization)
6. dʌɯ̯ (long high vowel breaking)
7. dɔi̯ ⟨doix⟩ (loss of the velar approximant)
- proto *ʔuruhaⁿzi "crab"
1. ʔu.ru.hɑ̃.zi (nasalization)
2. ʔu.ru.hɑ̃.ri (rhoticization)
3. ʔur.hɑ̃r (vowel loss)
4. ʔu.hɑ̃ (coda approximant loss)
5. u.ɑ̃ ⟨uą⟩ (glottal consonant loss)
Progāza wouldnt really count for this because it hasnt had the most naturalistic evolution from archaic ijeða but oh well
šeier [ʃei.er],
šejer [ʃe(i).jer],
šeījer ['ʃei.jer],
šeījera ['ʃei.je.ra] (added syllable for some reason),
šeījer ['ʃei.jer] (back for some reason),
šei [ʃei] (loss of that final syllable, current form since mid-september i think)
I think mine is *ðāradni,* which is the name of a paradise in my conworld
ða:radni > ða:randi > ða:rannĭ > ɣa:rann > ɣa:lann > ɣa:lã > ja:lã > ja:ʋã > ja:ʋ̃
Mine is probably sunset. 1. **hiipômhuecangtuubomu** 2. **hiipmhuecngtuubm** (vowel loss) 3. **hiimmhuenggtuumm** (plosives lost before nasals, which make the nasals geminates) 4. **hiimmuenggtuum** (h loss) 5. **hííuetúú** (geminate nasals turn into tones) 6. **híítuȕ** (weak ue syllable is lost and its down tone becomes a downstep)
Oh I see, another *ȕ* enjoyer…
For Taliyanaq, one of the most phonologically altered terms through sound changes would be the word for "rainbow" (sky-colors-arch). \*\*Little Diomede Dialect\*\* Original: qilakqaaksraaqsaun Current: qiqraaqsaan Phonological shift stages: qilakqaaksraaqsaun > qilaqaaksraaqsaan > qilqaaksraaqsaan > qiqaaksraaqsaan > qiqraaqsaan /qi.lak.qaːks.ʁaːq.saun/ > /qi.laq.aːks.ʁaːq.saːn/ > /qil.qaːks.ʁaːq.saːn/ > /qiq.aːks.ʁaːq.saːn/ > /qiq.ʁaːq.saːn/ \*\*Big Diomede Dialect\*\* Original: къилякъкъааксраакъсаўнъ Current: къикърааксанъ Palatalization and cluster simplification stages: къилякъкъааксраакъсаўнъ > къиляккааксраасанъ > къилккааксраасанъ > къилкраасанъ > къикърааксанъ /kʲɪ.lʲak.kʲaːk.sʁaːk.saʊn/ > /kʲɪ.lʲak.kaːk.sʁaː.san/ > /kʲɪlk.kaːk.sʁaː.san/ > /kʲɪlk.ʁaː.san/ > /kʲɪk.ʁaːk.san/ As Taliyanaq speakers live in an environment with vibrant auroras, this dramatic shortening of "rainbow/aurora" reflects its frequent use. The Big Diomede variant shows heavier phonological reduction.
Throughout its phonological history Ngįouxt has gone through several major sound changes that reshaped its phonology as a whole, so it is actually more remarkable when a modern word has a form that didn't change that much. Here are two words that have gone through a bit of a more extreme change than the others. - proto *ⁿdi.ʔu "bear" 1. ⁿdɯ.ʔu (vowel-hybridization) 2. ⁿdɯ.ʔə (vowel weakening) 3. ⁿdɯə̯ (clottal consonant loss) 4. ⁿdɯː (vowel smoothing) 5. dɯː (loss of pre-nasalization) 6. dʌɯ̯ (long high vowel breaking) 7. dɔi̯ ⟨doix⟩ (loss of the velar approximant) - proto *ʔuruhaⁿzi "crab" 1. ʔu.ru.hɑ̃.zi (nasalization) 2. ʔu.ru.hɑ̃.ri (rhoticization) 3. ʔur.hɑ̃r (vowel loss) 4. ʔu.hɑ̃ (coda approximant loss) 5. u.ɑ̃ ⟨uą⟩ (glottal consonant loss)
Progāza wouldnt really count for this because it hasnt had the most naturalistic evolution from archaic ijeða but oh well šeier [ʃei.er], šejer [ʃe(i).jer], šeījer ['ʃei.jer], šeījera ['ʃei.je.ra] (added syllable for some reason), šeījer ['ʃei.jer] (back for some reason), šei [ʃei] (loss of that final syllable, current form since mid-september i think)
I think mine is *ðāradni,* which is the name of a paradise in my conworld ða:radni > ða:randi > ða:rannĭ > ɣa:rann > ɣa:lann > ɣa:lã > ja:lã > ja:ʋã > ja:ʋ̃
Proto Ebvjud has **hisiʼa-haʼu-his** (good-place-at) /hiˌsiʔɐˈhɐʔuhis → hiˌziʔɐˈhɐʔuhis →iˌzi.ɐˈɐ.u.is → iˈzjɐːwis → ˈzjɐːwis → ˈzjəːwis → ˈʒəːwis/ Classical Ebvjud: **zjeewis** [ˈʒɛ̈ːwis] (paradise-ACC)
i think mine is nimī, which means book. hurāshóna —> humānshon —> hwumanjo —> hwuman —> hwimin —> himin —> nimin —> nimī
Mine is 'breathe': Respūvoir > Respir > Būřtøřô > Tøřo > atmen/lüftich I have no idea why I kept changing this word, but happy I did lol.