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 ===Prosody===
 ====Stress====
+Stress may be on any of the last three syllables of a word.
+Generally:
+*Stress is on the last syllable of the stem if it is heavy (meaning that it is closed and/or it contains a long vowel or diphthong).
+*Otherwise, stress is on the second last syllable of the stem.
+*If the above rules would cause stress to fall before the third last syllable of the word, the stress is shifted forward to the third last syllable.
 ====Intonation====