Aksen
Aksen is a term found in several languages meaning accent, stress, or emphasis in speech, and, in orthography, used to refer to diacritical marks that indicate vowel quality, tone, or syllable prominence in borrowed words or transliterations. In linguistics, aksen relates to prosody—the pattern of rhythm and intonation in speech—and to the placement of lexical stress, which can distinguish word meanings in some languages. The position of aksen varies by language and can influence syllable timing, vowel reduction, and intelligibility in connected speech. In writing systems, diacritic marks that denote stress or tonal quality are sometimes described as aksen in language-learning resources or orthography guides, though the term may not be universally used across languages.
In sociolinguistics, aksen can reflect dialectal variation, with speakers exhibiting different aksen depending on region, social