Editing Alyutor language (section)

=== Stress ===
Stress generally falls on the second syllable of polysyllabic words, and on the first syllable of disyllabic words, e.g.:
 
*{{IPA|/ˈmi.məl/}} 'water', {{IPA|/ˈɣəl.ɣən/}} 'skin', {{IPA|/ˈta.wə.ja.tək/}} 'to feed', {{IPA|/qə.ˈla.vul/}} 'husband', {{IPA|/pə.ˈla.kəl.ŋən/}} '[[mukluk]]'.

An [[syllable#Open and closed|open syllable]] containing schwa cannot be stressed. As a consequence, if a disyllabic term begins with such a syllable, the stress is shifted to the last syllable and thereafter a new, epenthetic syllable is added at the end, e.g.:

*<nowiki>*</nowiki>{{IPA|/ˈmə.tan/}} -> {{IPA|/məˈtan.'''nə'''/}} 'mosquito'.

The final syllable of a word is never stressed.<ref>Nedoluzhko, Anja (2016). Variability of languages in time and space: Linguistic typology - phonology</ref>