THE ACCENT
The Damarian has two accents: a strong one (´) and a weak one (‘). The strong always falls on the first syllable of the period, while the weak always falls on the last syllable of the period (as long as the period has more than one syllable). The period can be made up of up to four syllables. When the syntagme exceeds four syllables, another period begins. For example: dórs (1 syllable, 1 period), gídugduskà (4 syllables, 1 period), gíduksidùská (5 syllables, 2 periods). The period does not affect the word itself, but the syntagme. In the noun syntagme, for example, the accent extends to the adjective, the article and the preposition, which are enclitics, but not to the indirect complement, which has its own period.
[gídugìs] (3 syllables)
[gíduг lodìs] (4 syllables)
[gíduг lod kuìs] (4 syllables)
[[óldgikà] gídugìs] (3 syllables and 3 syllables)
gíl [gidugdìs] (4 syllables)
PHONOLOGY OF VOWELS AND DIPHTHONGS
Accentuation affects the pronunciation of vowels and diphthongs. The vowels e, i and o are pronounced one way when they are atonic and another when they are tonic. The non-historical diphthongs in Damarian are ae, ai, au, ei, eu, oi, ou, iu and ui only these last two are pronounced in a single way, regardless of whether they are accented or not (iu, iú, iù [au̯]; ui, uí, uì [wa]). The historical diphthong ε, for its part, is pronounced in one way when it is atonic or has a weak accent and in another way when it has a strong accent. For example, gídugìs ['gi.du.'gis.]; gíl gidugdìs ['gil.ga.dug.'dis]; kuís ['kwas]; baúgà ['bo.'ga].
e [a], é, è [e]
i [a], í, ì [i]
o [u], ó, ò [o]
ae [a], aé, aè [e]
ai [e], aí, aì [ai̯]
au [o], aú, aù [ai̯]
ei [i], eí, eì [ei̯]
eu [u], eú, eù [ei̯]
oi [wa], oí, oì [oi̯]
ou [u], oú, où [oi̯]
ε, ὲ [je], έ [i]