Avalonian: Difference between revisions

Rebecca Ashling (talk | contribs)
Rebecca Ashling (talk | contribs)
Line 183: Line 183:
===Prosody===
===Prosody===


1) Words in Common Minervan bear primary stress on the initial syllable.
1) Words in Hyperborean bear primary stress on the initial syllable.


2) Common Minervan words bear secondary stress on every odd-numbered syllable following the initial syllable.
2) Hyperborean words bear secondary stress on every odd-numbered syllable following the initial syllable.


3) Rhythm type is trochaic.
3) Rhythm type is trochaic.


4) To an English speaker, Common Minervan would appear to be spoken with a slower tempo than English is.
4) To an English speaker, Hyperborean would appear to be spoken with a slower tempo than English is.


===Phonotactics===
===Phonotactics===