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===Stress and Pitch=== | ===Stress and 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''. | 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''. Stressed vowels appear as more open and at front with a higher pitch. | ||
*Long vowels and the diphthong ''au'' indicate that the syllable is stressed: /ˈkʊ:tu/ (tree) vs. /kuˈtʊˑ/ (torso) | |||
**If multiple long vowels occur, stress returns to the second long syllable. | |||
*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/ | *Declined noun genitives have stress on second syllable while adjectives formed from nouns have stress on the following syllable. Noun: /ɪˈwaˑɹɪ/ vs. Adjective: /ɪwɐˈɹiˑ/ | ||
*Since stressed syllables get a slightly higher pitch, it can carry on to the next syllable in long words. The longest words might sometimes get a peculiar up-down pitch-pattern. | |||
*If many one-syllable words come after each other, the second and the last words are stressed. | |||
*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. | ||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||