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From: Pierre Abbat <phma@bezitopo.org>
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Subject: [lojban] Default stressed vowel
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 17:22:19 -0400
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Here's how I propose to determine which is the default stressed vowel (or=
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default stressed consonant, if there are no vowels) in a word (brivla or=20
cmevla; a brivla is always stressed on the default vowel):
1. Remove all commas.
2. Separate syllables, working from right to left.
  soiombos -> so,iom,bos not soi,om,bos
3. If the next-to-last vocalic syllable does not have 'y' as its only vowel=
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stress it.
  kra,tai,go -> kra,TAI,go
  ui,liym,syn -> ui,LIYM,syn
Else, if a syllable before that does not have 'y' as its only vowel, stress=
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it.
  ge,jy,spa -> GE,jy,spa
Else, if the last vocalic syllable does not have 'y' as its only vowel, str=
ess=20
it.
  syb,my,rin -> syb,my,RIN
Else stress the next-to-last vocalic syllable, if any.
  sy,myr,tyn -> sy,MYR,tyn
Else, stress the only vocalic syllable, if any.
  tain -> TAIN
Else, stress the next-to-last syllable, if any.
  cl,sn -> CL,sn
Else, stress the only consonantal syllable.
  r -> R
4. Place the stress on one vowel or syllabic consonant, the most prominent=
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vowel in a diphthong or triphthong.
  kra,TAI,go -> kra,t=E1i,go
  TAIN -> t=E1in
  FUI,ste -> fu=ED,ste
  spa,tr,XA,pio -> spa,tr,x=E1,pio

Which vowel or syllabic consonant is stressed by default is independent of=
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where one puts syllable breaks. If you say "spatrxapio" with the last two=
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letters in different syllables, you still have to stress the 'a', not the '=
i'.=20
Similarly, if you say "krata,igo", you stress it "krat=E1,igo".

In a cmevla, if the stress is not marked, it is assumed to be on the defaul=
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vowel; if that vowel is in a diphthong, the diphthong is stressed. If the=
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stress is somewhere else, it must be marked. I'm not sure how to indicate t=
hat=20
there is no stress.

Pierre
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The Black Garden on the Mountain is not on the Black Mountain.

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