Editing Moksha language (section)

===Stress===
Non-high vowels are inherently longer than high vowels {{IPA|/i, u, ə/}} and tend to draw the stress. If a high vowel appears in the first syllable which follow the syllable with non-high vowels (especially {{IPA|/a/}} and {{IPA|/æ/}}), then the stress moves to that second or third syllable. If all the vowels of a word are either non-high or high, then the stress falls on the first syllable.{{sfn|Raun|1988|p=100}}

Stressed vowels are longer than unstressed ones in the same position like in Russian. Unstressed vowels undergo some degree of [[vowel reduction]].