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− | The Elvish language has two diacritics ([[wikipedia:Grave accent|◌̀]] and [[wikipedia:Acute accent|◌́]]) used on four vowels (''e'', ''i'', ''o'', and ''u''). Its possible that this is just a simpler version of the Dwarven language's system, with just high and low pitch. It's also possible that the two diacritics represent short | + | The Elvish language has two diacritics ([[wikipedia:Grave accent|◌̀]] and [[wikipedia:Acute accent|◌́]]) used on four vowels (''e'', ''i'', ''o'', and ''u''). Its possible that this is just a simpler version of the Dwarven language's system, with just high and low pitch. It's also possible that the two diacritics represent long and short vowels, and no diacritic represents a "normal" length vowel. |
It's interesting that ''A'' stands out as the one vowel with no diacritics, while in Dwarven it's the one with the most. | It's interesting that ''A'' stands out as the one vowel with no diacritics, while in Dwarven it's the one with the most. |