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===Stress===
===Stress===


Stress usually falls on the first syllable of a noun.  Stress falls on every root sylable of a compound word.  Words that do not follow this pattern are usually loanwords, which follow their original pronunciation rules when adopted, although the spelling is often changed to help integrate them into Alska.
Stress usually falls on the first syllable of a word.  Words that do not follow this pattern are usually loanwords, which follow their original pronunciation rules when adopted, although the spelling is often changed to help integrate them into Alska.
 
The prefixes (for-), (be), and (u) are unstressed, and primary stress falls on the syllable after them.


==Grammar==
==Grammar==