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===Stress===
===Stress===
Nurian stress is similar to Modern Standard Arabic:
Nurian stress is similar to Modern Standard Arabic:
*Stress falls on the heavy (CV: or CVC) syllable closest from the end, if it is not the final syllable;  
*Stress falls on the heavy (CV: or CVC) syllable closest to the end, if it is not the final syllable;  
*if neither the penult nor the antepenult are heavy, the antepenult is stressed.
*if neither the penult nor the antepenult are heavy, the antepenult is stressed.