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===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||
====Stress and Vowel Length==== | ====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. | Stress in Marêngil is indicated by diacritics above the vowel of the stressed syllable. The stress is most often on the penultimate syllable, but can also occur elsewhere. 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) | * a (no stress, short) | ||
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This last diacritic shows that the modified vowel takes on a different sound. It is never long, nor is it stressed, and appears infrequently. | This last diacritic shows that the modified vowel takes on a different sound. It is never long, nor is it stressed, and appears infrequently. | ||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||