Stress

In Sereer, stress is on the penultimate syllable by default. When there's a long vowel in the ultimate syllable, however, stress is realized on the ultimate instead.

Some examples of stress: a.ˈtee.re 'book' o.ˈgef 'crack' xa.ˈkef 'cracls' o.ˈpaa.faañ 'clam digger' o.ˈpaa.fañ 'refuser' ˈmaa.lo 'rice' ˈdoo.le 'strength' aˈbaaj.baaj.'loo.xaa 'he's pretending to sing' dok.ˈtoor 'doctor'