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Stress is usually on the first syllable of a word, with secondary stress applied to every subsequent odd-numbered syllable. Loanwords and foreign names typically preserve their original stress, however.
Stress is usually on the first syllable of a word, with secondary stress applied to every subsequent odd-numbered syllable. Loanwords and foreign names typically preserve their original stress, however.
The glottal stop, ''hh'', which is fairly rare in lexical units, is used to separate morphemes to avoid two consecutive identical vowels.
:''Ki-kani-ni.''
:2SG.ABS-listen-DRPAC
:You listen.
:''Ki'''hh'''-isi-ni.''
:2SG.ABS-talk-DRPAC
:You talk.


==Vocabulary==
==Vocabulary==
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