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


3) According to the World Atlas of Language Structures, the rhythm type is trochaic.
3) According to the World Atlas of Language Structures, the rhythm type of Avalonian is trochaic.


4) Avalonian is a stress-timed language with the uncommon quality for such a language of a lack of vowel reduction in unstressed syllables.
4) Avalonian is a stress-timed language with the uncommon quality for such a language of a lack of vowel reduction in unstressed syllables.