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The sound /ə/ occurs on any syllable directly following a stressed syllable.
The sound /ə/ occurs on any syllable directly following a stressed syllable.


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====Stress====
====Stress====
Stress always falls on the penultimate syllable, with no exceptions.
Stress usually falls on the ultimate or final syllable, unless otherwise shown. If the stress falls on a syllable other than the last syllable, it is shown with an acute (´) above the nucleus of the syllable and the following vowel will be destressed (ə). A long vowel (aa, ii, uu) will always take on stress, no matter the placement in a word, however, the following syllable does not become destressed as with other situations.
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====Intonation====
====Intonation====

Latest revision as of 22:11, 24 August 2023

Akaadi is the primary proto-language which would evolve into Marêngil.

Phonology

Consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar
Nasal m /m/ n /n/
Plosive p /p/ t /t/ d /d/ k /k/
Fricative f /f/ s /s/ c /ɕ/ x /x/
Affricate z /t͡s/ ch /t͡ɕ/
Tap/Flap r /r/


Vowels
Front Middle Back
Close i /i/ ii /i:/ u /u/ uu /u:/
Mid /ə/
Open a /a/ aa /a:/

The sound /ə/ occurs on any syllable directly following a stressed syllable.

Stress

Stress usually falls on the ultimate or final syllable, unless otherwise shown. If the stress falls on a syllable other than the last syllable, it is shown with an acute (´) above the nucleus of the syllable and the following vowel will be destressed (ə). A long vowel (aa, ii, uu) will always take on stress, no matter the placement in a word, however, the following syllable does not become destressed as with other situations.