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=====Notes=====
=====Notes=====
This also grants that stress is not phonemic, as it does not differentiate any minimal pairs. Nor is it lexic, but the stress changes should any affixes be attached to the word. There are however a few words that do not follow the basic stress patterns - a few loan words. Examples:
This also grants that stress is not phonemic, as it does not differentiate any minimal pairs. Nor is it lexic, but the stress changes should any affixes be attached to the word. There are however a few words that do not follow the basic stress patterns - a few loan words. Examples:
*'''gorizi''' - /gor.ˈiz.i/ not /ˈgor.iz.i/
*'''gorizi''' - /kor.ˈiz.i/ not /ˈkor.iz.i/
**''girl'' - from Greek "κορίτσι".
**''girl'' - from Greek "κορίτσι".
*'''gentagona''' - /ɡ͡bœn.ˈtag.on.a/ not /ˈɡ͡bœn.tag.on.a/  
*'''gentagona''' - /k͡pœn.ˈtag.on.a/ not /ˈk͡pœn.tag.on.a/  
**''pentagons'' - from Greek "πεντάγωνα".
**''pentagons'' - from Greek "πεντάγωνα".


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