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Stress is weight-sensitive: the last long vowel is stressed. If there is no long vowel the first syllable is stressed. | Stress is weight-sensitive: the last long vowel is stressed. If there is no long vowel the first syllable is stressed. | ||
In most compound words, primary stress falls on the first member and a secondary stress falls on the second member. Place names are sometimes exceptions: for example, ''-vè'' is always stressed. | In most compound words, primary stress falls on the first member and a secondary stress falls on the second member. Place names are sometimes exceptions to the preceding rule: for example, the element ''-vè'' is always stressed. | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== |
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