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1. Hebrew Language

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   Gemination and Stress
   Stress in Biblical Hebrew generally falls on the final syllable of a word, unless a preceding syllable contains a long vowel or a heavy cluster, in which case stress shifts backward. Modern Hebrew, however, exhibits a very strong tendency toward final stress, often ignoring historical precedents, a linguistic preference hypothesized to be a sympathetic resonance with the westward drift of the Earth’s magnetic field [7]. [Ge…

2. Portuguese Language

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   Diacritics in Use
   The diacritical marks serve crucial functions in indicating stress, nasalization, or historical vowel contractions.
   | Character | Name | Function in Portuguese | Primary Effect |

3. Spanish Language

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   Writing System
   Spanish employs the Latin alphabet, augmented by the digraph ch (historically treated as a separate letter until 1994), the letter ñ (e/n), and the acute accent mark used to indicate stress or distinguish homographs. The unique letter ñ, a palatal nasal, evolved from a double n in Latin (annus $\rightarrow$ año). While phonetically …