Length Diacritic
In addition to the vowel diacritics, there is also the length diacritic, used for indicating a long syllable:
This diacritic is written to the right of the glyph for the long syllable, and is aligned with the top of the glyph. It is not written above the letter, to avoid confusion with a vowel mark. For example, the first syllable in the following word (lōri—“countryside”) is long, and the second is short.
Nasal Diacritic
There is also a nasality diacritic to mark nasal vowels. It consists of two dots underneath the main glyph. For example, the first syllable of the following word is nasal:
Stress Mark
Stressed syllables are indicated with the stress mark:
This stress mark is placed over the stressed syllable, above any vowel diacritics that may be present. For example, the following shows the word “sanokí” with stress indicated:
Note that in normal sanokí, stress is not marked except when the word is being emphasized, or when ambiguity would otherwise result. Omitting stress marks is more common than omitting vowel diacritics.
