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===Accent=== | ===Accent=== | ||
The accent is probably pitch-based, rather than stress-based, but this is uncertain.<ref>In fact, this idea is very recent, and is based mainly on the fact that when David Salo attempted [[#Letter to The Salos|to read Caryatic outloud]] (December 2013—January 2014) he sounded much more using a pitch accent than a stress accent.</ref> It is assigned as follows: | The accent is probably pitch-based, rather than stress-based, but this is uncertain.<ref>In fact, this idea is very recent, and is based mainly on the fact that when David Salo attempted [[#Letter to The Salos|to read Caryatic outloud]] (December 2013—January 2014) he sounded much more convincing using a pitch accent than a stress accent.</ref> It is assigned as follows: | ||
# Accent falls on the long vowel nearest the beginning of the word. | # Accent falls on the long vowel nearest the beginning of the word. | ||
# If there are no long vowels, accent falls on the first syllable. | # If there are no long vowels, accent falls on the first syllable. | ||
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===Morphophonology=== | ===Morphophonology=== | ||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
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====Enclitic Verbs ==== | |||
A couple verbs have enclitic forms, which are used in subordinate clauses. | |||
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: [tʰitʰajzãŋ̊kʰajˈmɑːnã pʰiˈrʲɑːtahan ˈazmika] | : [tʰitʰajzãŋ̊kʰajˈmɑːnã pʰiˈrʲɑːtahan ˈazmika] | ||
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: Sas vaiks anāï “''Hell''" nāma-sānt | : Sas vaiks anāï “''Hell''" nāma-sānt âdi-ga. | ||
: [sas ϕajkʰs aˈnɑːɦi] “Hell” [ˈnɑːmazɑ̃ːt ˈɑːtika] | : [sas ϕajkʰs aˈnɑːɦi] “Hell” [ˈnɑːmazɑ̃ːt ˈɑːtika] | ||
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