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===Stress=== | ===Stress & Phonotactics=== | ||
Stress generally falls on the root of a word, normally the first syllable, but this is subject to change if certain prefixes are added, which may transfer stress from the root to the prefix, or move primary stress, along with the root, to the second syllable. Unstressed ''e'' is often reduced to [ə]. | Stress generally falls on the root of a word, normally the first syllable, but this is subject to change if certain prefixes are added, which may transfer stress from the root to the prefix, or move primary stress, along with the root, to the second syllable. Unstressed ''e'' is often reduced to [ə]. | ||
Buerkáns' word structure is either CVC, VC, or CV, where C stands for either a single consonant or a cluster of up to three consecutive consonants, and V stands for up to three vowels. In some special cases there can be four-consonant clusters, but these are generally in archaic words and most have been simplified. | |||
==Orthography== | ==Orthography== | ||