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===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
====Stress==== | ====Stress==== | ||
Stress in Naibas follows some logical rules only broken in a few cases, reason why it is very easy to read. Naibas is a stem-stressed language when it comes to adding affixes to a word, that is, case, tense and aspect markers. Most words with more than two syllables place a secondary stress in the syllable that is two places away from the stressed one. In words like ''aniraz'' /ˌa.nɪˈɾas̻/ (woman), the last syllable is stressed, so the first syllable receives the secondary stress. Case markers and definite suffixes receive secondary stress too if the last syllable of the word is not stressed, so the word ''ixtoe'' /ˈiʃ.toˌe/ (the boy) places the secondary stress in the definite suffix ''-e''. | |||
* Words ending in -n, -l, -r, -s, -z, and -x place the stress in the last syllable (aniraz, ixol, kakun, osor, albes). | |||
* Words ending in vowel, -k, -m or -t place the stress in the penultimate syllable (samak, ixto, inere, gatta, izum). | |||
* Words ending in -u place the stress in the last syllable if they are neuter (kaniu) and in the penultimate if they are masculine (maiddu). | |||
When it comes to adding the definite suffix -e, -i or -a, some words ending in vowel have two possible pronunciations. The word ''inere'' (girl), if attached the suffix (inere'''-i''') can be pronounced either /ɪˈne.ɾeɪ/ or /ɪˈne.ɾeˌi/. The same thing happens with masculine words ending in -u (maiddu / maiddu'''-e''': /ˈmaiʔ.ɟwe/ or /ˈmaiʔ.ɟuˌe/ 'beaver') or in -i (koddi / koddi'''-e''': /ˈkɔʔ.ɟje/ or /ˈkɔʔ.ɟiˌe/ 'dog'). | |||
====Intonation==== | ====Intonation==== | ||