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The following describes {{PAGENAME}} as spoken in Jalcvè /jawk'vɛː/. The orthography used in this article aims for aesthetics and ease of reading phonetically. | The following describes {{PAGENAME}} as spoken in Jalcvè /jawk'vɛː/. The orthography used in this article aims for aesthetics and ease of reading phonetically. | ||
===Stress=== | ===Stress=== | ||
Stress is weight-sensitive: the last long vowel is stressed. If there is no long vowel the first syllable is stressed. | Stress is not phonemic and is weight-sensitive: the last long vowel is stressed. If there is no long vowel the first syllable is stressed. | ||
In most compound words, primary stress falls on the first member and a secondary stress falls on the second member. Place names are sometimes exceptions to the preceding rule: for example, the element ''-vè'' is always stressed. | In most compound words, primary stress falls on the first member and a secondary stress falls on the second member. Place names are sometimes exceptions to the preceding rule: for example, the element ''-vè'' is always stressed. | ||