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===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
====Stress==== | ====Stress==== | ||
In nouns, stress is on the last "long" syllable in the word (taking any suffixes into account). A long syllable is one that is followed by two or more consonants, or that contains an underlying strong vowel | <!-- | ||
In nouns, stress is on the last "long" syllable in the word (taking any suffixes into account). A long syllable is one that is followed by two or more consonants, or that contains an underlying strong vowel/polyphthong and is followed by one consonant. If the word does not have a long syllable, the antepenultimate syllable is stressed (or initial if the word has less than 3 syllables). | |||
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====Intonation==== | ====Intonation==== | ||