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====Syllabic ''r, n'' and ''l''====
====Syllabic ''r, n'' and ''l''====
The liquids ''r, n'' and ''l'' occasionally occur as the nucleus of a syllable (i.e. between two consononts or between a consonant and pausa) and become syllabic, e.g. ''zvegrna'' "father-in-law", ''eznga'' "bird-like", ''dazldeja'' "meeting-house". Today these sounds are only pronounced as syllabic /r̩, n̩, l̩/ in higher or more formal registers while in the vernacular ''r'' is pronounced /a/, ''n'' as /ũ/ and ''l'' as /u/. This is sometimes reflected in spelling, i.e. ''zvegana'', ''ezunga'' ''dazudeja''.
In medieval and early modern Bźatga the consonants ''r, n, l'' and their secondary forms ''ŕ, ń, ĺ'' could be syllabic /r̩, n̩, l̩/ (i.e. stand between two consononts or between a consonant and pausa in place of a vowel). Over time, the relatively infrequent instances of ''n, l'' were levelled out leaving only syllabic ''r'' surviving, with forms such as MBz. ''eznga'' "bird-like", ''dazldeja'' "meeting-house" being replaced by ModBz. ''eznaga, dazladeja'' but with ''zvegrna'' "father-in-law", ''cadrnga'' "strong one" continuing. Nevertheless, syllabic ''n, l'' are occasionally met with in archaic writing. By today, syllabic ''r'' is largely restricted to higher or more formal registers in both speech and writing while in the vernacular it is replaced by ''a'', e.g. ''zvegana, cadanga''.


===Stress===
===Stress===
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