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===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
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In nouns, stress is on the last "long" syllable in the word (taking any suffixes into account). A long syllable is one that is followed by two or more consonants, or that contains | In nouns, stress is on the last "long" syllable in the word (taking any suffixes into account). A long syllable is one that is followed by two or more consonants, or that contains an underlying strong vowel or diphthong and is followed by one consonant. If the word does not have a long syllable, the antepenultimate syllable is stressed (or initial if the word has less than 3 syllables). | ||
====Intonation==== | ====Intonation==== | ||