Quick Diachronics Challenge
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Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge
So I am thinking the languages on the east got the bilabial voiced plosive from strengthening between vowels and then the first vowel disappears, uhhh I don't think me using a vague word like "central" helped me at all.
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Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge
Not intervocalic voicing, no. Again, think Yapese, as mentioned earlier, but then a hint of Proto-Mayan and some thoughts on Chadic proposed by Allan R. Bombard.
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Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge
I tried my best reconstructing it two times, about one week apart. I couldn't really come up with anything good in my eyes that wouldn't just be a variation of everyone else's guesses.
I noticed this game went from "everyone guesses for a while and whoever is the closest wins" to "we are working to get the exact result no matter how long it will take" over the last couple rounds. I preferred the first one because it allowed for more variety especially now when the last posts here don't really get any closer to the result - even with a lot of hints.
My guesses now would be *tóqan and *ipahkén.
I noticed this game went from "everyone guesses for a while and whoever is the closest wins" to "we are working to get the exact result no matter how long it will take" over the last couple rounds. I preferred the first one because it allowed for more variety especially now when the last posts here don't really get any closer to the result - even with a lot of hints.
My guesses now would be *tóqan and *ipahkén.
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Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge
I was mostly holding out for some more guesses. Originally I'd planned on not giving hint and presenting the proto-words a week after setting the challenge, but that would have gone to Click based on just his first one guess, so it didn't really seem overly fair.
I think I'm with you on the use of hints as well. Most of the time it seems to lead to minor changes in guesses rather than to more accuracy (which I think we had more of when people used a sort of scoring method) which is why I tried to stick to " you got this bit right, this bit was close and this bit was way off"
I think I'm with you on the use of hints as well. Most of the time it seems to lead to minor changes in guesses rather than to more accuracy (which I think we had more of when people used a sort of scoring method) which is why I tried to stick to " you got this bit right, this bit was close and this bit was way off"
You can tell the same lie a thousand times,
But it never gets any more true,
So close your eyes once more and once more believe
That they all still believe in you.
Just one time.
But it never gets any more true,
So close your eyes once more and once more believe
That they all still believe in you.
Just one time.
Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge
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I'm giving this one to Click, because of how close the initial solution was. The accuracy of the groupings never really got any better (although Znex was onto something) and it didn't look like much progress was being made on a more accurate reconstruction without the help of hints. After 3 weeks I'd say it's time for someone else to have a turn
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*'toqin > 'tokin > 'tʰóki~ > 'tʰóuki > 'θú:ki > 'sú:ki
> 'tʰóke > 'tʰógə > 'tʰóg
> 'tʰóɟa > 'tʰóuɟa
> 'tocin > 'tocin > 'toɟən > 'tójən
> 'tʰo:cən > 'tʰuoçən
> 'tɔqin > tɔ'ɢɪn > tə'ɣen > tə'ʑen > ti'ʑen
> tə'ʁen > tə'ɰen > 'twen
> 'tɔʔin > 'tɔ.in > 'tɔin > 'tain
> 'tœ.in > 'tœən
> 'tʔɔi~ > 't'ɔe > 'da:
> 't'ɔa:
*a.peq'kin > ə.peʔ'kin > ə.peʔ'kʰì~ > ə.peʔ'kʰì > ə.pe'xìe > pe'hìə
> ə.peʔ'kʰì > ə'pʰí.kə > i'pʰík
> ə'pʰí.cə > 'pʰiéca
> peʔ'cin > pe'cin > pə'cin > pə'cìn
> pə'cin > ɕə'cʰin
> a'pɛʔ.kin > a'pɛʔ.kin > a'pa:.k'ən > a'pau.qə > a'po:q
> a'pɛʔ.kən > a'paˀ.kə > a'pa̰k
> ə'pɛʔ.kin > 'pʔɛ.kin > 'p'ɛ.kin > 'ba.kin
> 'p'e.kin > 'be.kən
> 'pʔɛ.ki~ > 'p'ɛ.ke > 'baka
> 'ʔɛag
You can tell the same lie a thousand times,
But it never gets any more true,
So close your eyes once more and once more believe
That they all still believe in you.
Just one time.
But it never gets any more true,
So close your eyes once more and once more believe
That they all still believe in you.
Just one time.
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Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge
Are there going to be anymore challenges? No one else has commented in two weeks.
Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge
Click one, and I let them know in a private message as well. Qwed was in second place in my mind, so if they want to take a stab at creating a new challenge instead, then I wouldn't object After that, I guess it'd be up to anyone if Click or Qwed don't mind
You can tell the same lie a thousand times,
But it never gets any more true,
So close your eyes once more and once more believe
That they all still believe in you.
Just one time.
But it never gets any more true,
So close your eyes once more and once more believe
That they all still believe in you.
Just one time.
Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge
I've been trying to get Click to write a new challenge whenever I see him.
I can make a challenge, it just will take me a while.
I can make a challenge, it just will take me a while.
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Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge
New challenge. Good luck.
1. ˈskoro
2. ˈjegonə
3. ˈendʒum
4. ˈepeno
5. ˈeskøŋ
6. ˈiwelaː
7. eˈgʷenam
8. eˈkuːna
9. evˈolãw̃
10. ˈetsãwa
11. ˈekoɲo
1. ˈskoro
2. ˈjegonə
3. ˈendʒum
4. ˈepeno
5. ˈeskøŋ
6. ˈiwelaː
7. eˈgʷenam
8. eˈkuːna
9. evˈolãw̃
10. ˈetsãwa
11. ˈekoɲo
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Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge
Oof! This could be a fun one
I assume we're guessing grouping as well, or are these all neighbours in an island chain, with Lang1 at one extreme and Lang11 at another?
I assume we're guessing grouping as well, or are these all neighbours in an island chain, with Lang1 at one extreme and Lang11 at another?
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You can tell the same lie a thousand times,
But it never gets any more true,
So close your eyes once more and once more believe
That they all still believe in you.
Just one time.
But it never gets any more true,
So close your eyes once more and once more believe
That they all still believe in you.
Just one time.
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What do </(n)j (n)y ng ū/> represent here?
Not a thorough look by any means, but here goes:
1: seems fairly typical, perhaps the fact that the initial vowel was (presumably, could have just been added everywhere else) deleted points to original stress on the second vowel.
2: some sort of insertion at the beginning, seems fairly typical
3. Fairly typical - m could have arisen from the original labial, pointing to perhaps a rounded vowel there. Just as likely not.
4. Further proof for a labiovelar with p
5. I assume the rounded front vowel is from influence from either: e on original o, o on original e, or (more likely) labiovelar on original e
6. Not much - long vowel, does that say much?
7. In tandem with 3, points perhaps to original final nasal widely deleted? w/r/t 5, if <ng> is indeed a velar nasal then maybe something to do with the ø
8. Nothing much? Second vowel maybe through the labvel again.
9. v again points to labiovelar, again trouble regarding the second vowel. End vowels seem important: pointing to ending in VC[alv]VN, or something. cf. 7, 3?
10: ts implies fronting of the labiovelar implies original e
11: Is this a palatal nasal or n followed by a front high rounded vowel?
Not a thorough look by any means, but here goes:
1: seems fairly typical, perhaps the fact that the initial vowel was (presumably, could have just been added everywhere else) deleted points to original stress on the second vowel.
2: some sort of insertion at the beginning, seems fairly typical
3. Fairly typical - m could have arisen from the original labial, pointing to perhaps a rounded vowel there. Just as likely not.
4. Further proof for a labiovelar with p
5. I assume the rounded front vowel is from influence from either: e on original o, o on original e, or (more likely) labiovelar on original e
6. Not much - long vowel, does that say much?
7. In tandem with 3, points perhaps to original final nasal widely deleted? w/r/t 5, if <ng> is indeed a velar nasal then maybe something to do with the ø
8. Nothing much? Second vowel maybe through the labvel again.
9. v again points to labiovelar, again trouble regarding the second vowel. End vowels seem important: pointing to ending in VC[alv]VN, or something. cf. 7, 3?
10: ts implies fronting of the labiovelar implies original e
11: Is this a palatal nasal or n followed by a front high rounded vowel?
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Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge
Here's my first guess:
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Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge
Spoiler:
You can tell the same lie a thousand times,
But it never gets any more true,
So close your eyes once more and once more believe
That they all still believe in you.
Just one time.
But it never gets any more true,
So close your eyes once more and once more believe
That they all still believe in you.
Just one time.
Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge
My guess is similar to others:
*s was clearly lost in most branches. Only 1 kept it.
*kʷe can easily become /kø/ and most other reflexes are straight forward. kʷe > we > vo seems quite plausible.
etsãwa and enʤum present a bit more of a challenge, but k > ts is reasonably common or it could also be a cause of /sk/ > /ks/ > /ts/.
I think the final syllable is *nam because rounding before /m/ occurred in a few branches but not others.
My explanation for enʤum is:
*eskʷenam > esʧenum > eʧᵊnum > enʧum > enʤum.
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*kʷe can easily become /kø/ and most other reflexes are straight forward. kʷe > we > vo seems quite plausible.
etsãwa and enʤum present a bit more of a challenge, but k > ts is reasonably common or it could also be a cause of /sk/ > /ks/ > /ts/.
I think the final syllable is *nam because rounding before /m/ occurred in a few branches but not others.
My explanation for enʤum is:
*eskʷenam > esʧenum > eʧᵊnum > enʧum > enʤum.
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Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge
My explanation for enʤum: *eskwenam > eskenam > ekenam > ekenom > egenom > eʤnom > enʤom > enʤum
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Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge
After seeing some other guesses, I'm now in favor of initial e (due to fairly widespread voicing of the labvel), so my guess has been changed to
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Right now Auvon is the closest.
All of you have the two "errors" in common. I'll give it another day and then do the reveal.
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Hmm, perhaps something like a non-nasal alveolar sonorant followed by (or less likely, following) a nasal vowel, instead of *n? I'll keep my guess the same for now.
Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge
Annoyingly, since the board's update, the spoiler function no longer works so I can't see what previous guesses were lol (I play this by ignoring everyone else
You can tell the same lie a thousand times,
But it never gets any more true,
So close your eyes once more and once more believe
That they all still believe in you.
Just one time.
But it never gets any more true,
So close your eyes once more and once more believe
That they all still believe in you.
Just one time.
Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge
Will we get the answer? Seems about the right time for a new challenge if anybody wanted to make one.