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===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||
Primary stress is indicated in words of more than one syllable with an acute accent over the primary vowel. In diphthongs, the accent is placed on the first vowel. | * Primary stress is indicated in words of more than one syllable with an acute accent over the primary vowel. In diphthongs, the accent is placed on the first vowel. | ||
* Where two vowels appear together but are ''not'' a diphthong, the second vowel is marked with a diæresis if it is a front vowel, or with a single dot if a back vowel (i.e. ï, ÿ, ë, ȧ, ǫ̇, ȯ, u̇), e.g. oï. | |||
Where two vowels appear together but are ''not'' a diphthong, the second vowel is marked with a diæresis if it is a front vowel | **Even if this would not result in a standard diphthong, this convention is still followed any time there are two disyllabic pertingent vowels, e.g. ''kúluï'' 'all', ''itáliȧ'' 'Italy'. | ||
**If the second vowel is stressed, however, the first vowel is marked instead, e.g. italiáno → ''italïáno'' 'Italian'. | |||
If the second vowel is stressed, however, the first vowel is marked instead, e.g. italiáno → ''italïáno'' 'Italian'. | **(NB: This stylistic rule is followed rather loosely, and often only applies to the letters <ë> and <ï>.) | ||
* No capital letters are used. | |||
No capital letters are used. | |||
===Native Writing System=== | ===Native Writing System=== | ||