wire ' ▁ ∼ ▁ ▁' watch ing '), ▁except ▁in ▁the ▁variety ▁spoken ▁by ▁H ind us . ▁The ▁fr ic atives ▁ ▁are ▁lab io - d ental . ▁The ▁gl ott al ▁fr ic ative ▁ ▁is ▁vo iced ▁and ▁affect s ▁the ▁voice ▁quality ▁of ▁a ▁preceding ▁v owel . ▁ ▁Ph on ot act ics ▁and ▁stress ▁There ▁are ▁no ▁t ones ▁in ▁S ara iki . ▁All ▁con son ants ▁except ▁ ▁can ▁be ▁gem in ated ▁(" double d "). ▁Gem in ates ▁occur ▁only ▁after ▁str essed ▁central ised ▁v ow els , ▁and ▁are ▁ph on et ically ▁real ised ▁much ▁less ▁marked ly ▁than ▁in ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁P un j abi ▁area . ▁ ▁A ▁str essed ▁sy ll able ▁is ▁distinguished ▁primarily ▁by ▁its ▁length : ▁if ▁the ▁v owel ▁is ▁peri pher al ▁ ▁then ▁it ▁is ▁length ened , ▁and ▁if ▁it ▁is ▁a ▁" central ised ▁v owel " ▁() ▁then ▁the ▁con son ant ▁following ▁it ▁is ▁gem in ated . ▁Str ess ▁normally ▁falls ▁on ▁the ▁first ▁sy ll able ▁of ▁a ▁word . ▁The ▁stress ▁will , ▁however , ▁fall ▁on ▁the ▁second ▁sy ll able ▁of ▁a ▁two - s yll able ▁word ▁if ▁the ▁v owel ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁sy ll able ▁is ▁central ised , ▁and ▁the ▁second ▁sy ll able ▁contains ▁either ▁a ▁di ph th ong , ▁or ▁a ▁peri pher al ▁v owel ▁followed ▁by ▁a ▁con son