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Hatzonian is a dynamic-accent language. Stressed syllables are louder and longer than non-stressed syllables. | Hatzonian is a dynamic-accent language. Stressed syllables are louder and longer than non-stressed syllables. | ||
Stress is phonemic in Hatzonian. | Stress is phonemic in Hatzonian. In romanization, this is indicated with an acute accent on the vowel (the first one of the pair in digraphs). | ||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
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{{main|Hatzonian orthography}} | {{main|Hatzonian orthography}} | ||
Hatzonian may be either written using the Latin alphabet or the native Hatzonian script | Hatzonian may be either written using the Latin alphabet or the native Hatzonian script. | ||
===Romanization=== | ===Romanization=== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
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===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
Nouns decline for case | Nouns decline for case and number in Hatzonian. While nouns have grammatical gender, this only matters for the adjectives used to describe them - the endings used only depend on the final vowel of the noun. For regular nouns, the final vowel laxens in the accusative and dative. Here is an example word to show this, {{term|kíra}}: | ||
{| | {{Hatz-noun-conjugation|kíra|kíram|kíreol|kíreolim|kírato|kíratom|kíreolda|kíreoldam}} | ||
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===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
Verbs in their infinitive always end in the vowel ''u''. | Verbs in their infinitive always end in the vowel ''u''. The vowel changes in several of the conjugations. Here is an example word to show this, {{term|kádu}}: | ||
{{Hatz-verb-conjugation|kádu|kádil|kádam|kadurnyá|kádol|kádollya|kadurnyéo|kadó|kadúra|kadála}} | |||
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