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Stress falls on the first syllable of a word, unless specified otherwise by an accented vowel.  Vowels in stressed syllables are always long, if a length distinction can be made for that vowel.  This can change the meaning of seemingly homophonic words:
Stress falls on the first syllable of a word, unless specified otherwise by an accented vowel.  Vowels in stressed syllables are always long, if a length distinction can be made for that vowel.  This can change the meaning of seemingly homophonic words:


*''teporu'' [te:'pɔ,rʉ] (high, adj.)  vs. ''tepóru'' [tɛ,po:'rʉ] (gate, n.)
*''teporu'' ['te:,pɔ,rʉ] (high, adj.)  vs. ''tepóru'' [tɛ'po:,rʉ] (gate, n.)


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