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===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
====Stress==== | ====Stress==== | ||
Stress in Chlouvānem is not phonemic and | Stress in Chlouvānem is not phonemic and typically very weak.<br/> | ||
In formal Chlouvānem, stress position is, in most cases, predictable, determined by long vowels and verbal roots: | |||
* The last long vowel in a word is stressed, unless it is word-final '''ē'''; | * The last long vowel in a word is stressed, unless it is word-final '''ē'''; | ||
* Verbal roots always carry either the main stress or secondary stress (depending on the previous rule); | * Verbal roots always carry either the main stress or secondary stress (depending on the previous rule); | ||