It is written in closed syllables which do not appear at the end of the word.

Another figure got to his feet, a portly man who spoke in measured syllables.

In short syllables, he was telling why the game was up.

It occurs only in stressed syllables, always with a final stop.

Generally, the same changes also occurred in final syllables closed by a consonant.

His voice cuts through the black in clean and certain syllables.

There are six or seven tones, reduced to two in checked syllables.

The tall man's words came in sharp syllables, with a slight accent.

"I haven't really seen them," he whispered in hurried syllables.

Face like stone, the boy gave the required information, speaking in brief syllables.