Surkian/ortography

This page deals with the ortography and alphabet in the Surkian language.

Alphabet
The Surkian alphabet consists of 26 letters (that is 17 consonants and 9 vowels). This is what the alphabet looks like:

Diphthongs and letter combination
The only diphthong in Surkian is eu, pronounced [y]. Letter combinations that are pronounced irregularly:
 * tl is prounced [l].
 * rb is pronounced [b].
 * -ov is pronounced  [ɔ:].
 * More to follow.

Stress
Stress in Surkian is always on the first syllable. Exceptions:
 * when a word contains of 4 or 5 syllables, stress is on the second syllable.
 * when a word contains of 6 or more syllables, stress is on the final syllable.

Short or long vowels?
Surkian vowels are always short. The only exception is y when it acts as a vowel.

Capitalized letters
Capitalized letters are used in only the following cases
 * Beginning a of a sentence
 * Names of people
 * Names of cities, countries, water bodies and other geographical names and proper nouns.
 * Acronyms
 * Abbreviations