#kalama ante monsuta: Cursed Sound Change!

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zealous mural
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o kama, o ante monsuta e kalama pi nimi wan anu kulupu nimi!

Apply sound changes to Toki Pona. It could be a single word, a compound word, or an entire phrase. The results could be cursed, funny, interesting, strange, or [insert adjective here].

Use of IPA symbols is encouraged but not required. If you don't have a convenient method of using IPA, any format may be used. If your format is unconventional, consider creating a key to describe the intended pronunciation.

Resources:
• Wikipedia list of types of sound changes with examples.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_change

• Searchable Index Diachronica (An index of many historical sound changes).
https://chridd.nfshost.com/diachronica/

*This is not a project to create an evolved form of Toki Pona. It is purely for musi

In historical linguistics, a sound change is a change in the pronunciation of a language. A sound change can involve the replacement of one speech sound (or, more generally, one phonetic feature value) by a different one (called phonetic change) or a more general change to the speech sounds that exist (phonological change), such as the merger of...

zealous mural
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• ilo toki > judex (/ju.'dɛx)

ilo teki
(i-mutation fronts /o/ > /e/)

ilo tege
(lowering of word-final high vowels + voicing of intervocalic consonants)

ildég
(deletion of word-final vowels + lexicalization of compound with voicing of second element similar to japanese "rendaku" and stress on the first syllable of the second element)

iwdég
(vocalisation of syllable-final /l/ > /w/)

judex (/ju.'dɛx/)
(/iw/ > /ju/ word-initial)

zealous mural
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• sitelen > sjūden (/'ʃuːd.n̩/)

sitlen (/'si.tlɛn/)
(deletion of medial vowel)

silden
(metathesis of /tl/ > /lt/, voicing of /t/ > /d/)

siwden
(vocalisation of syllable-final /l/ > /w/)

sjūden (/'ʃuːd.n̩/)
(/iw/ >/ ju/ in stressed syllable, palatalization of /s/ > /ʃ/ with absorption of /i/ and compensatory lengthening of /u/, deletion of /e/ and syllabification of /n/ > /n̩/ in unstressed syllable after /t/ or /d/)

gritty vine
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  • toki > soi

þoxi (/'θoxi/)
(Grimms law ig)

þoçi
(palatalisation[?])

soçi
fronting of θ to s

sohji
weakening of ç

soji
elision of h

soi
j-i merging

twin bone
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oof

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tomi ni li tomo pi sona suli