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2) Avalonian words bear secondary stress on every odd-numbered syllable following the initial syllable. | 2) Avalonian words bear secondary stress on every odd-numbered syllable following the initial syllable. | ||
3) According to the World Atlas of Language Structures, the rhythm type is trochaic. | 3) According to the World Atlas of Language Structures, the rhythm type of Avalonian is trochaic. | ||
4) Avalonian is a stress-timed language with the uncommon quality for such a language of a lack of vowel reduction in unstressed syllables. | 4) Avalonian is a stress-timed language with the uncommon quality for such a language of a lack of vowel reduction in unstressed syllables. | ||