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Quite often Aoma places primary stress on the second syllable in words with two or more syllables unless the syllable consists only of weak ''i''. The stress supports the word inflection, and stressed vowels appear as more open and at front with a higher pitch. | Quite often Aoma places primary stress on the second syllable in words with two or more syllables unless the syllable consists only of weak ''i''. The stress supports the word inflection, and stressed vowels appear as more open and at front with a higher pitch. | ||
*In conjugated verbs, stress is placed on the last syllable. | *In conjugated verbs, stress is placed on the last syllable. | ||
*Declined noun genitives have stress on second syllable while adjectives formed from nouns have stress on the following syllable. Noun: /ɪˈwaˑɹɪ/ vs. Adjective: /ɪwɐˈɹiˑ/ | |||
*When two words with two syllables follow each other, the main stress is on the last word's last syllable. | *When two words with two syllables follow each other, the main stress is on the last word's last syllable. | ||
*If many one-syllable words come after each other, the second and the last words are stressed. | *If many one-syllable words come after each other, the second and the last words are stressed. | ||