Quick Diachronics Challenge v2

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ɶʙ ɞʛ
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Quick Diachronics Challenge v2

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Same rules as the old challenge, in which we guess the protoforms of the words given. I was wondering whether starting a new thread with a simpler challenge would encourage others to return, apparently each challenge having 4 or 5 words may have been too difficult. That will still be allowed, but not every challenge should be like that.

1 /n͡dáfísḭ̂/
/m͡bét͡sḭ̂/

2 /n͡dáɸūsḭ̀/
/m͡bét͡sḭ̂/

3 /n͡dá̤ēɕì/
/m͡bét͡ɕì/

4 /oˈɾ̃at͡sə̰/
/ˈmaʈ͡ʂə̰/

5 /oˈɾat͡s'ə/
/ˈmɛʈ͡ʂ'ə/

6 /aˈnat͡s'i/
/ˈmjaʈ͡ʂ'i/

7 /aˈnwac'i/
/ˈmjaʈ͡ʂ'ɨ/

8 /oˈnɔ:t͡ɕḭ:/
/ˈmɨ:kʰɨ̰:/

9 /ˈnaɕɕigɨ/
/ˈmi:d͡ʑigɨ/

10 /ˈnɛʑigu/
/ˈme:ʑigu/

11 /ˈnɛsɪk/
/ˈme:ðɪk/

12 /ɔˈdɔn͡zɪk/
/ˈbʌn̪͡d̪ɪk/

13 /uˈdõx/
/ˈɓãx/

14 /ˈodãʃ/
/ˈpɪ̃t'/

15 /ˈhodɛ̃:ʃ/
/ˈɸẽtk/

16 /ˈɸudo:ʃ/
/ˈɸiʃ:/

17 /ˈɸudboʃ/
/ˈpit͡ʃ/

18 /ˈudvosik/
/ˈbiʒ:ik/

19 /ˈudu:ʃic/
/ˈbisac/

20 /ˈuðo:ʒiʃ/
/ˈðiʃiʃ/

21 /ˈulo:ziç/
/ˈd̼isiç/

22 /ˈiluzi:/
/ˈwei̯si:/

23 /ˈʏlrɪk/
/ˈwizɪk/
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Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge v2

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Shouldn't that be in Games? Also I don't understand how it works.
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Re: Quick Diachronics Challenge v2

Post by ɶʙ ɞʛ »

Each pair of words represents a different modern form in a different language, but they all derived from the same word initially. The goal is to reconstruct what that protoform is based on all the modern cognate forms, similar to how proto-languages were deciphered in real life.

Also, the previous thread was in the Conlangs section.
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