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 ==Orthography==
+Vowels with diacritics over them are not indicative of stress, nor do they signify a long version of the unmarked vowel.  They are letters in their own right, seperate from vowels without an accent.  All letters with ''´'' are inherently long, and have no short version.  In order to make the unmarked vowels long, one simply doubles them:
+* ''a'' /æ/ - ''aa'' /æ:/
+* ''á'' /a:/
+* ''e'' /ɛ/ or /ʌ/ - ''ee'' /ɛ:/ or /ʌ:/
+* ''é'' /e:/
+* ''i'' /ɪ/ - ''ii'' /ɪ:/
+* ''í'' /i:/
+* ''o'' /ɔ/ - ''oo'' /ɔ:/
+* ''ó'' /o:/
+* ''u'' /u/ - ''uu'' /u:/
+U is the only vowel that does not have a marked counterpart. Furthermore, it is not common to see a doubled I or E.
+Y is treated as a diphthong representing /ai̯/
+The sounds /d/, /k/, /b/, /v/, /t/, /j/, /h/, /f/, /r/, /l/, /p/, /z/, /s/, /m/, and /n/ are all represented by their corresponding letters.  There are some exceptions and letters that go not represent sounds they would represent in other germanic languages:
+* ''g'' /x/
+* ''l'' /ɫ/ when word-initial
+* ''s'' /z/ when word-final
+** ''s'' /ʃ/ when preceding ''t'' or ''p''
+* ''ng'' /ŋ/
+* ''x'' /d͡ʒ/
+** ''xésus'' /'d͡ʒe:s.us/ - jesus
 ==Morphology==