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===Stress=== | ===Stress=== | ||
Stress regularly occurs near the right edge of words. Words with a final short vowel (with or without a final consonant) are stressed on the penultimate syllable, e.g. {{IPA|/ | Stress regularly occurs near the right edge of words. Words with a final short vowel (with or without a final consonant) are stressed on the penultimate syllable, e.g. {{IPA|/ˈkisi/}} ‘ghost’. while words with a final long vowel (again, with or without a final consonant) are stressed on that vowel, e.g. {{IPA|/heˈtiː/}} ‘sibling’s child’. | ||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== |