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 ====Stress====
-The stress of polabian words is predictable. The rule is, that it falls on the last syllable, if its vowels is full, but on the antepenultimate syllable if the last syllable’s vowels is reduced.
+The stress of Dravenian words is distinguished by the distinction of strong and weak syllables. Strong syllables contain a full unreduced vowel. The first syllable of a word is always strong and can't be weak.
+Weak syllables are those with a reduced vowel. Two weak syllables can't follow each other. If weak syllables follow each other due to composition or inflection the first weak syllable becomes strong.
+Medial syllables between two strong syllables always become weak.
+The last strong syllable of a word bears the stress. i. e. the stress falls on the last syllable if it is strong and on the penultimate syllable if the vowel of the final syllable is reduced.
 As the stress can be predicted it is usally not indicated in writing. But as <a> and <e> can both represent a full and reduced vowels there are some instances of where an acute accent is used to indicate a full and therefore stressed /a/ or /ɛ/ in a final syllable.