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===Stress=== | ===Stress and intonation=== | ||
Stress always falls on the first syllable of a word. | Stress always falls on the first syllable of a word. | ||
Disyllabic words tend to have a high-low intonation. In words with more syllables, pitch starts high, declines until the last syllable, and the last syllable rises in pitch. | |||
==Diachronics== | ==Diachronics== | ||