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 The Italic base of Proto-Tungric has the following features:
 *Lacks merger of original /θ, xʷ, f/.
-*Stress rules similar to Classical Latin<!--, however:
+*Stress rules similar to Classical Latin, however:
-**Word-final long vowels take stress if the syllable is closed.
+**Word-final syllables take stress if the syllable is super-heavy - i.e. a long vowel followed by a coda consonant, a long diphthong, or an overlong vowel.
-**Vowel contraction had not yet taken place, affecting the stress of somr words.
+**Vowel contraction had not yet taken place, affecting the stress of some words.
-**Some words had analogical or sporadic stress shifts.-->
+**Some words had analogical or sporadic stress shifts.
 *Lacks Classical Latin vowel weakenings.