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# the stressed syllable is a short vowel. (Long vowels cannot be unstressed, though they may sometimes take secondary stress.) | # the stressed syllable is a short vowel. (Long vowels cannot be unstressed, though they may sometimes take secondary stress.) | ||
For example, ''fergúne'' ‘mountain’, but ''garǣts'' ‘correct’. | For example, ''fergúne'' ‘mountain’, but ''garǣts'' ‘correct’. | ||
====Ligatures & Liaisons==== | |||
When two like vowels of equal value come together, the words may form a ligature. This is most common with the articles (''sā'' + ''a-'', ''sō'' + ''u-'', etc.) and particles (e.g ''nī'' + ''i-''). | |||
* '''Articles''' | |||
** Mandatory: | |||
*** sā, hwā, twā + a-, ā- → s’ā-, hw’ā-, tw’ā- | |||
**** ''sā aplas'' → ''s’āplas'', ‘the apple’ | |||
**** ''twā aðna'' → ''tw’āðna'' ‘two seasons’ | |||
*** sō, þō, hō + u-, ō- → s’ō-, þ’ō-, h’ō- | |||
**** ''sō uréča'' → ''s’ōréča'', ‘the persuit’ | |||
**** ''sō ōs'' → ''s’ōs'', ‘the ewe’ | |||
*** þǣ, twǣ + e-, ǣ- → þ’ǣ-, tw’ǣ- | |||
**** ''þǣ ǣjus'' → ''þ’ǣjus'' ‘the horses’ | |||
**** ''twǣ elis'' → ''tw’ǣlis'' ‘two others’ | |||
*** nī, þrī, hī + i-, ī- → n’ī-, þr’ī-, h’ī- | |||
**** ''nī ist'' → ''n’īst'', ‘isn’t’ | |||
**** ''hī īsran'' → ''h’īsran'' ‘this iron’ | |||
===Alternative Writing Systems=== | ===Alternative Writing Systems=== | ||