..., where regular alternation occurs after the primary stress and secondary stress is added to the first syllable if followed by an additional -CV- group without stress. Long vowels function also as a distinct -CV- unit and take stress with the following syllable unit also taking stress: ... CVVCV ... This process can be seen here:
* CVVCCVCVC : qáankìcem 'palo verde,' plur.
* CVCVCVCVC : tákalìcem 'one-eyed ones'

Grammar

Ivilyuat is an agglutinative language.

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