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* Stressed short vowels are indicated by an acute accent, unstressed long vowels are indicated by a macron, and stressed long vowels are indicated by a carat. Both long vowels and diphthongs may be pronounced instead as two vowels in hiatus. This is particularly common in song and when unstressed. | * Stressed short vowels are indicated by an acute accent, unstressed long vowels are indicated by a macron, and stressed long vowels are indicated by a carat. Both long vowels and diphthongs may be pronounced instead as two vowels in hiatus. This is particularly common in song and when unstressed. | ||
* Short /e/ is typically pronounced [e] when word-final and [ɛ] elsewhere. | * Short /e/ is typically pronounced [e] when word-final and [ɛ] elsewhere. | ||
* Short /a/ is typically pronounced as [a] when stressed | * Short /a/ is typically pronounced as [a] when stressed or word-final, and [ɑ] elsewhere. | ||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== |
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