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# For some speakers, medial 〈tl〉 (usually derived from earlier /ll/) may be realised as [dɮ]. | # For some speakers, medial 〈tl〉 (usually derived from earlier /ll/) may be realised as [dɮ]. | ||
# Inexplicably, the letter ''wynia'', while quite regular in and of itself, has a rather irregular romanisation. It is sometimes romanised quite regularly as ⟨w⟩, though in combination with consonants before a vowel (/dw/, /tw/, /þw/, /hw/, /gw/, /kw/, or /sw/), it is romanised as 〈u〉 (i.e. 〈du〉, 〈tu〉, 〈þu〉, 〈hu〉, 〈gu〉,〈ku〉 and 〈su〉.) | # Inexplicably, the letter ''wynia'', while quite regular in and of itself, has a rather irregular romanisation. It is sometimes romanised quite regularly as ⟨w⟩, though in combination with consonants before a vowel (/dw/, /tw/, /þw/, /hw/, /gw/, /kw/, or /sw/), it is romanised as 〈u〉 (i.e. 〈du〉, 〈tu〉, 〈þu〉, 〈hu〉, 〈gu〉,〈ku〉 and 〈su〉.) | ||
## This process cannot cross morpheme boundaries, so ''iþ'' + ''wītna'' → ''iþwītna'', not **''iþuītna''. | |||
Stress is indicated in the standard orthography with an acute accent ''only'' if: | Stress is indicated in the standard orthography with an acute accent ''only'' if: | ||
# The stress is ''not'' on the first syllable. | # The stress is ''not'' on the first syllable. | ||
# | ## (By default, stress falls on the primary syllable.) | ||
# The stressed vowel is short. | # The stressed vowel is short. | ||
# | ## (All unstressed long vowels were reduced to short vowels in the [[Middle Valthungian]] period.) | ||
# The stressed vowel is not 〈œ〉 or 〈y〉. | # The stressed vowel is not 〈œ〉 or 〈y〉. | ||
# | ## (The rounded front vowels can only occur as the result of i-umlaut, which could only arise from a stressed vowel.) | ||
For example, ''in'''í'''la '' ‘excuse’, ''ak'''é'''čim'' 'even so'; but ''gar'''ǣ'''ts'' ‘correct’ or ''gav'''œ'''rčin'' ‘to handle’. | For example, ''in'''í'''la '' ‘excuse’, ''ak'''é'''čim'' 'even so'; but ''gar'''ǣ'''ts'' ‘correct’ or ''gav'''œ'''rčin'' ‘to handle’. | ||