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*If many one-syllable words come after each other, the second and the last words are stressed.

*Since stressed syllables get a slightly higher pitch, it can carry on to the next syllable in long words. The longest words might sometimes get a peculiar up-down pitch-pattern.

===Phonotactics===

Every syllable of Aoma requires a vowel, and most common syllables in Aoma are CV followed by CVC and V. C can be a cluster of at most two consonants, and V can be either a single or geminated vowel or a diphthong. There is always a syllable boundary between geminated consonants, contrary to long vowels. Although disyllables are most frequent, words have no limitations concerning the amount of syllables; some of the longest words are created as compounds especially with large numbers.

There aren't very many restrictions, but some forms are just preferred more:

*Nasals, fricatives and liquids occur at the end of words much more often that plosives (stops)

*Word-final semivowel /j/ has reduced into vowel /i/ (and /w/ to /u/): ''omai'' < ''*omaj''

*Two different plosives at a syllable boundary tend to be pronounced with only a geminated version of the first consonant: ''roktare'' /ɹɔ'k:aˑɹe/

==Orthography==

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 *If many one-syllable words come after each other, the second and the last words are stressed.
 *Since stressed syllables get a slightly higher pitch, it can carry on to the next syllable in long words. The longest words might sometimes get a peculiar up-down pitch-pattern.
+===Phonotactics===
+Every syllable of Aoma requires a vowel, and most common syllables in Aoma are CV followed by CVC and V. C can be a cluster of at most two consonants, and V can be either a single or geminated vowel or a diphthong. There is always a syllable boundary between geminated consonants, contrary to long vowels. Although disyllables are most frequent, words have no limitations concerning the amount of syllables; some of the longest words are created as compounds especially with large numbers.
+There aren't very many restrictions, but some forms are just preferred more:
+*Nasals, fricatives and liquids occur at the end of words much more often that plosives (stops)
+*Word-final semivowel /j/ has reduced into vowel /i/ (and /w/ to /u/): ''omai'' < ''*omaj''
+*Two different plosives at a syllable boundary tend to be pronounced with only a geminated version of the first consonant: ''roktare'' /ɹɔ'k:aˑɹe/
 ==Orthography==