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 ===Stress===
-As with Czech and Hungarian, the primary stress of a word falls on its first syllable. Secondary normally falls on the first closed syllable thereafter or, failing that, the third syllable of a word. Evidently in disyllabic word the secondary stress is placed on the second syllable.
+The primary stress of a word falls on its first syllable. Secondary normally falls on the first closed syllable thereafter or, failing that, the third syllable of a word. In disyllabic words the secondary stress is necessarily on the second syllable.
 Stress is not distinctive and is also relatively weak, unlike that of, for example, Russian. It is not indicated in the orthography.