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 - As an exception from this rule, the letter "i" tends to form diphthongs /aɪ/, /eɪ/, /oɪ/ and /uɪ/ when it follows another vowel; other vowels are pronounced separately from each other.
-Da words are stressed on the last <b>root</b> vowel. Most often, this turns out to be the penultimate syllable, or the last syllable if the word ends with a consonant. In a multi-syllable word, when the stress falls in an unusual place, it is sometimes denoted by an accent: á, é, í, ó, ú. (We will do this more often here than what is usually seen in Da texts, where accents may be ommitted altogether.) In certain grammatical constructions the accent is also put on one-syllable words. Stress can play a distinctive role: e.g. compare ''hoté'' "when?" and ''hote'' "where to?".
+- Accented vowels á, é, í, ó, ú are long: /a: e: i: o: u:/
+Da words are stressed on the last <b>root</b> vowel. Most often, this turns out to be the penultimate syllable, or the last syllable if the word ends with a consonant. In a multi-syllable word, when the stress falls in an unusual place, it is sometimes denoted by an accent: á, é, í, ó, ú. (We will do this more often here than what is usually seen in Da texts, where accents may be omitted altogether.) Stress can play a distinctive role: e.g. compare ''hoté'' "when?" and ''hote'' "where to?".
 =Phonotactics=