<Tr> <Th> Trill </Th> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> r </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <P> Spanish is classified by its rhythm as a syllable - timed language: each syllable has approximately the same duration regardless of stress . </P> <P> Spanish intonation varies significantly according to dialect but generally conforms to a pattern of falling tone for declarative sentences and wh - questions (who, what, why, etc .) and rising tone for yes / no questions . There are no syntactic markers to distinguish between questions and statements and thus, the recognition of declarative or interrogative depends entirely on intonation . </P> <P> Stress most often occurs on any of the last three syllables of a word, with some rare exceptions at the fourth - last or earlier syllables . The tendencies of stress assignment are as follows: </P>

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