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===Prosody===

====Stress====

~~Stress is highly variable~~ in Vadi, ~~but it tends to fall on~~ the ~~penultimate syllable~~. ~~Schumann~~'~~s Romanized orthography marks stress with an acute accent~~, which ~~in turn implies that the vowel is lengthened, although exceptions regarding vowel lengthening abound~~. ~~When~~ a penultimate ~~syllable is marked~~ with ~~an acute accent, one can generally assume that vowel lengthening has also occurred, although at times it may be an orthographic relic from a time when~~ the ~~vowel was lengthened~~ in the ~~past~~, ~~but by late Vadi times had been shortened~~.

The issue of stress, as in most areas of Vadi phonology and grammar, is a continuous are of contentious dispute between the Traditionalist and ''Sibbūru'' school. The texts discovered at Aħħur showed various marks adjacent to the ''Širkattarnaft'' characters, which early Vadists interpreted as diacritics indicating stress. This conclusion was based on the observation that a vertical slash would appear either on the ultimate or penultimate syllables, with more than half appearing on the final syllable. On about five percent of words in the entire Aħħur corpora, both the ultimate and penultimate syllables bore the slash mark.

~~In contrast~~, ~~Iyyaħmi uses~~ a ~~macron to indicate simple vowel lengthening, and an acute accent for accented short vowels~~. ~~Words containing a single macron and no additional diacritics indicate that~~ the ~~syllable containing~~ the ~~long vowel bears~~ the ~~stress. Words containing a vowel with an acute accent bear~~ the ~~stress~~, ~~regardless of~~ the ~~presence of other long vowels~~.

The corpora of the Kalapái Scriptum, provided evidence that vowel length was also a significant feature of the Vadi phonological system. Although the writers of the material from the Scriptum used the ''Širkattarnaft'' very differently from those found in Aħħur, the Scriptum provided a richer dataset for researchers to demonstrate that Vadi phonology was far more complex than earlier thought, affecting even word stress.

====Intonation====

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 ===Prosody===
 ====Stress====
-Stress is highly variable in Vadi, but it tends to fall on the penultimate syllable.  Schumann's Romanized orthography marks stress with an acute accent, which in turn implies that the vowel is lengthened, although exceptions regarding vowel lengthening abound.  When a penultimate syllable is marked with an acute accent, one can generally assume that vowel lengthening has also occurred, although at times it may be an orthographic relic from a time when the vowel was lengthened in the past, but by late Vadi times had been shortened.
+The issue of stress, as in most areas of Vadi phonology and grammar, is a continuous are of contentious dispute between the Traditionalist and ''Sibbūru'' school.  The texts discovered at Aħħur showed various marks adjacent to the ''Širkattarnaft'' characters, which early Vadists interpreted as diacritics indicating stress.  This conclusion was based on the observation that a vertical slash would appear either on the ultimate or penultimate syllables, with more than half appearing on the final syllable.  On about five percent of words in the entire Aħħur corpora, both the ultimate and penultimate syllables bore the slash mark.
-In contrast, Iyyaħmi uses a macron to indicate simple vowel lengthening, and an acute accent for accented short vowels.  Words containing a single macron and no additional diacritics indicate that the syllable containing the long vowel bears the stress.  Words containing a vowel with an acute accent bear the stress, regardless of the presence of other long vowels.
+The corpora of the Kalapái Scriptum, provided evidence that vowel length was also a significant feature of the Vadi phonological system.  Although the writers of the material from the Scriptum used the ''Širkattarnaft'' very differently from those found in Aħħur, the Scriptum provided a richer dataset for researchers to demonstrate that Vadi phonology was far more complex than earlier thought, affecting even word stress.
 ====Intonation====