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=== Stress and intonation === | === Stress and intonation === | ||
Katäfalsen features a dynamic nonphonemic stress | Katäfalsen features a dynamic nonphonemic stress, which is always on the last syllable of a word as French. Because of the syllable structure CV(C), each word can be uniquely decomposed into fragments of the syllable structure CV with a final consonant, i.e. (CV)<sup>n</sup>C, and optionally one word final fragment of the syllable structure CV. The first syllables of these fragments receive secondary stresses: ''Katäfalsen'' is pronounced {{IPA|[ˈkɑtɑːfɑlˌsen]}}. | ||
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