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== | ==Orthography== | ||
===Stress and Vowel Length=== | |||
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) | |||
* 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. | |||
===Phonotactics=== | |||
(In Progress) | |||
There are many syllable structures in Marêngil, but with that comes a number of rules. | There are many syllable structures in Marêngil, but with that comes a number of rules. | ||
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* No more than three consonants can occur next to each other in a single world. (e.g.: VCC+CCVC) | * No more than three consonants can occur next to each other in a single world. (e.g.: VCC+CCVC) | ||
* No more than two vowels can occur next to each other in a single world. (e.g.: CV+V+VCC) | * No more than two vowels can occur next to each other in a single world. (e.g.: CV+V+VCC) | ||
* Under no circumstances should two sounds of the same manner of articulation appear adjacent to each other. | * Under no circumstances should two sounds of the same manner of articulation appear adjacent to each other. | ||
* No consonants of the same place of articulation should appear adjacent to each other, excepting central alveolar consonants. | * No consonants of the same place of articulation should appear adjacent to each other, excepting central alveolar consonants. | ||