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===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
1) Words in | 1) Words in Magellanican bear primary stress on the initial syllable. | ||
2) | 2) Magellanican 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, | 4) To an English speaker, Magellanican would appear to be spoken with a slower tempo than English is. | ||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||