Editing Lydian language (section)

=== Stress ===
[[Heiner Eichner]] developed rules to determine which syllable in a word has the stress accent.<ref name="eichner1986" /> In short, the rules are:
* Syllables with vowel ''-'''ã'''-, -'''ẽ'''-, -'''e'''-, -'''o'''-, -'''aa'''-'', and ''-'''ii'''-'' always have stress. Syllables with ''-'''i'''- (-'''y'''-), -'''a'''-'' or ''-'''u'''-'' may be accented or unaccented.
* Enclitics ('''''-añ-, -in-, -it-''''', etc.) never have stress.
* Prefixes, even those with a long vowel ('''''ẽn-''''', '''''ẽt-'''''), do not have stress.<ref name="Sasseville2017" />
* An ''-'''a'''-'' before a nasal ('''''m, n, ñ''''') never has stress.
* In consonant clusters syllabic liquidae ('''''l, λ, r'''''), nasals ('''''m, n, ñ''''') and sibilants ('''''s, š''''') do not have stress.
* Within a declension or conjugation stress does not move from one syllable to another.
A useful application of those rules is the investigation of [[metre]]s in Lydian poetry.