Stress

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'