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====Intonation====
====Intonation====
1) Dwendish polysyllables bear secondary stress on every alternate syllable after the one bearing the primary stress. Rhythm type is iambic.
1) Dwendish polysyllables bear secondary stress on every even syllable after the primary stress. Rhythm type is iambic.


2) Dwendish has a slower speech tempo than Enɡlish does.
2) Dwendish has a slower speech tempo than Enɡlish does.