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===Stress===
===Stress===
Stress always falls on the first syllable of a word.
Stress always falls on the first syllable of a word.
Intonation: Disyllabic words tend to have a high-low intonation. In words with more syllables, pitch starts high, declines until the last syllable, and the last syllable rises in pitch.


==Diachronics==
==Diachronics==
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