I looked through the books Gair, De Silva, Duroiselle, no info.
Asked this question twice on the Pali Dhamma Wheel forum, noticed
someone else asked recently asked as well, no responses.
Working my way through B.Bodhi's audio course, in the first lesson he
gave a brief rule of thumb, which I couldn't quite understand, giving
priority to syllables of consonant clusters or double consonants,
followed by long vowels.
Finally I dug through the pali@... and found a couple of
messages from 2002 that shed some light on this issue. I copied those 2
messages and put it up on this page
https://sites.google.com/site/audiotipitaka/pali-pronunciation-differences/syllable_stress_emphasis
, and highlighted in yellow the 3 rules that Robert listed.

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If Geiger is correct that "the Sanskritic accent was the rule in Pali",
then stress should be placed on:

1) Long penultimates:
tiracchAAna

2) Ante-penultimates (whether long or short) followed by a short syllable:
anAAlayo

3) The fourth syllable from the end (whether long or short) when two short
syllables follow:
uppAAdayati

Of course there are many exceptions to these rules, so to get the full
picture you would need to consult a Sanskrit grammar or one of the online
Sanskrit courses.

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doing a google search on what the heck an ante-penultimate is:
*ultimate:* last; *penultimate:* next-to-last; *antepenultimate:* third
from the end. Today — December 23 — is the antepenultimate day before
Christmas!

So my question is, approximately what percentage of the tipitaka would
one be pronouncing correctly (stressing the correct syllable in each
word) by following these 3 rules?




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