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===Prosody===
===Prosody===
====Stress====
====Stress====
Stress falls on the last heavy syllable of a word. For definition of light and heavy syllables, see the phonotactics section below.
Stress falls on one of the last three syllables of a word. If these three syllables include heavy syllable(s), the last heavy syllable is stressed. If there is no heavy syllable, the third last syllable is stressed.
 
If a word is less than three syllables, the last heavy syllable is stressed if present. Otherwise, the initial syllable is stress.
 
When determining stress, suffixes are treated as part of the word but prefixed particles are excluded.
 
For definition of light and heavy syllables, see the phonotactics section below.


In traditional poetry, usual word stress is forgone and instead is determined by meter.
In traditional poetry, usual word stress is forgone and instead is determined by meter.
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