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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
As a result of a series of historical palatalizations, Nurian has many consonants in hard-soft pairs, similar to Lithuanian and Russian; however, many consonants (namely retroflexes, radicals, '''h''' and '''j''') cannot palatalize. | As a result of a series of historical palatalizations, Nurian has many consonants in hard-soft pairs, similar to Lithuanian and Russian; however, many consonants (namely retroflexes, radicals, '''h''' and '''j''') cannot palatalize. | ||
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'''ia''' and '''e''' both represent [ɛ], the allophone of /ɐ/ after palatalized consonants. | '''ia''' and '''e''' both represent [ɛ], the allophone of /ɐ/ after palatalized consonants. | ||
===Stress=== | |||
*A short final vowel cannot be stressed | |||
*Only one of the last 3 syllables can be stressed | |||
*the last heavy syllable is stressed | |||
*If no heavy syllables, the 3rd from last is stressed | |||
==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||