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===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
====Stress==== | ====Stress==== | ||
In Barakhinei, stress falls on the last closed syllable. | In Barakhinei, stress usually falls on the last closed syllable, e.g. ''ov'''o'''ri'', ''kal'''e'''n'', ''cham'''o'''r'', '''''a'''nu''. Words that dont fit this rule are labeled in the lexicon. | ||
=====Additional rules===== | |||
* Epenthetic vowels are not stressed(e.g. ''ch'''i'''tor'', ''er'''ê'''sûl'') | |||
* Roots ending in ''-l'', ''-kh'', or ''-th'' are usually not stressed('''''ê'''shtôl'', ''d'''o'''rôth'', '''''e'''zarkh'') | |||
* The derivational suffixes ''-nor'', ''-il'', ''-el'', diminutive ''-ek'', and the ''-dêsht'' in powers of ten are never stressed(''ek'''u'''nor'', ''il'''a'''dil'', '''''ê'''ndel'', ''h'''e'''dêsht'', ''k'''ê'''ntek'') | |||
====Intonation==== | ====Intonation==== | ||