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The letters correspond always to their pronunciation, unless there's a borrow used (eg. ''είς''). The Grekelin orthography is considered a [[w:phonetic orthography|phonetic]], as opposed to deep orthographies like [[w:French orthography|French's]]. | The letters correspond always to their pronunciation, unless there's a borrow used (eg. ''είς''). The Grekelin orthography is considered a [[w:phonetic orthography|phonetic]], as opposed to deep orthographies like [[w:French orthography|French's]]. | ||
== | ==Stress== | ||
Grekelin does not have any rules on the stress placement. The stress may go on any position <b>unless</b> the final vowel is doubled, where the stress is automatically passed there. The stress may be indicated with an accute accent ('), unless "ε" has to be stressed, where two accute accents have to be placed. | Grekelin does not have any rules on the stress placement. The stress may go on any position <b>unless</b> the final vowel is doubled, where the stress is automatically passed there. The stress may be indicated with an accute accent ('), unless "ε" has to be stressed, where two accute accents have to be placed. | ||
When a word is an agglutinative one and is too long for a stress to be placed somewhere comfortably, the word may accept up to three stresses. Two syllables may not have more than 1 stress consecutively. | |||
==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||
Grekelin's grammar is very straightforward and simple, although it will seem strange to new learners of the language: | Grekelin's grammar is very straightforward and simple, although it will seem strange to new learners of the language: | ||