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 ===Prosody===
 ====Stress====
-Stress falls on one of the last three syllables of a word. If these three syllables include heavy syllable(s), the last heavy syllable is stressed. If there is no heavy syllable, the third last syllable is stressed.
+For the purposes of stress, a word can be categorized into two categories: a word with one or more heavy syllables and a word without a heavy syllable. Note that suffixes are treated as part of the word but prefixed particles are excluded.
-If a word is less than three syllables, the last heavy syllable is stressed if present. Otherwise, the initial syllable is stress.
+In words with at least one heavy syllable, the last heavy syllable is stressed provided that it is one of the last three syllables of the word. Otherwise, the third last syllable is stressed.
-When determining stress, suffixes are treated as part of the word but prefixed particles are excluded.
+If a word does not have any heavy syllables, the first syllable is stressed.
 For definition of light and heavy syllables, see the phonotactics section below.