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===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
====Stress==== | ====Stress and Vowel Length==== | ||
Stress in Marêngil is indicated by diacritics above the vowel of the stressed syllable. Likewise, length is also denoted by diacritics. The letter "a" will be used as the placeholder letter for any of the vowels. | |||
* a (no stress, short) | |||
* ä (no stress, long) | |||
* á (stressed, short) | |||
* â (stressed, long) | |||
* à (secondary vowel) | |||
This last diacritic shows that the modified vowel takes on a different sound. It is never long, nor is it stressed, and appears infrequently. | |||
====Intonation==== | ====Intonation==== | ||