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When used in a sentence, some words that normally have accent may be unaccented (especially if unfocused), etc. This article mostly focuses on words in isolation, and doesn't go into too much detail on what happens when they come together. | When used in a sentence, some words that normally have accent may be unaccented (especially if unfocused), etc. This article mostly focuses on words in isolation, and doesn't go into too much detail on what happens when they come together. | ||
In a noun phrase, words after the first accented word have their accent weakened or dropped entirely. Words such as genitives, adjectives, verbs, and proximal/distal articles are accented. | |||
:e.g. ''namú'' "person (''nom.'')" (final accent) | |||
::''ku namú'' "the person (''nom.'')" (definite article is unaccented) | |||
::''cáse ku namu'' "the red person (''nom.'')" (''case'' "red" is accented, so ''namu'' loses/weakens accent) | |||
::''kúni namu'' "this person (''nom.'')" (proximal article is accented) | |||
::''bidáarle kuni namu'' "this bald person (''nom.'')" (''bidaarle'' "bald" is accented, so ''kuni'' and ''namu'' lose/weaken their accent) | |||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||