diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/dictionary.c b/src/libespeak-ng/dictionary.c
index 49a7549c..6b549bb9 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/dictionary.c
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/dictionary.c
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ int Unpronouncable(Translator *tr, char *word, int posn)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int GetVowelStress(Translator *tr, unsigned char *phonemes, signed char *vowel_stress, int *vowel_count, int *stressed_syllable, int control)
+int GetVowelStress(Translator *tr, unsigned char *phonemes, signed char *vowel_stress, int *vowel_count, int *stressed_syllable, int control)
 {
 	// control = 1, set stress to 1 for forced unstressed vowels
 	unsigned char phcode;
@@ -962,55 +962,11 @@ static int GetVowelStress(Translator *tr, unsigned char *phonemes, signed char *
 	return max_stress;
 }
 
-static char stress_phonemes[] = {
+const char stress_phonemes[] = {
 	phonSTRESS_D, phonSTRESS_U, phonSTRESS_2, phonSTRESS_3,
 	phonSTRESS_P, phonSTRESS_P2, phonSTRESS_TONIC
 };
 
-void ChangeWordStress(Translator *tr, char *word, int new_stress)
-{
-	int ix;
-	unsigned char *p;
-	int max_stress;
-	int vowel_count; // num of vowels + 1
-	int stressed_syllable = 0; // position of stressed syllable
-	unsigned char phonetic[N_WORD_PHONEMES];
-	signed char vowel_stress[N_WORD_PHONEMES/2];
-
-	strcpy((char *)phonetic, word);
-	max_stress = GetVowelStress(tr, phonetic, vowel_stress, &vowel_count, &stressed_syllable, 0);
-
-	if (new_stress >= STRESS_IS_PRIMARY) {
-		// promote to primary stress
-		for (ix = 1; ix < vowel_count; ix++) {
-			if (vowel_stress[ix] >= max_stress) {
-				vowel_stress[ix] = new_stress;
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-	} else {
-		// remove primary stress
-		for (ix = 1; ix < vowel_count; ix++) {
-			if (vowel_stress[ix] > new_stress) // >= allows for diminished stress (=1)
-				vowel_stress[ix] = new_stress;
-		}
-	}
-
-	// write out phonemes
-	ix = 1;
-	p = phonetic;
-	while (*p != 0) {
-		if ((phoneme_tab[*p]->type == phVOWEL) && !(phoneme_tab[*p]->phflags & phNONSYLLABIC)) {
-			if ((vowel_stress[ix] == STRESS_IS_DIMINISHED) || (vowel_stress[ix] > STRESS_IS_UNSTRESSED))
-				*word++ = stress_phonemes[(unsigned char)vowel_stress[ix]];
-
-			ix++;
-		}
-		*word++ = *p++;
-	}
-	*word = 0;
-}
-
 void SetWordStress(Translator *tr, char *output, unsigned int *dictionary_flags, int tonic, int control)
 {
 	/* Guess stress pattern of word.  This is language specific
diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/dictionary.h b/src/libespeak-ng/dictionary.h
index fb9a8ff1..75b8b286 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/dictionary.h
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/dictionary.h
@@ -31,15 +31,17 @@ extern "C"
 {
 #endif
 
+extern const char stress_phonemes[];
+
 int LoadDictionary(Translator *tr, const char *name, int no_error);
 int HashDictionary(const char *string);
 const char *EncodePhonemes(const char *p, char *outptr, int *bad_phoneme);
 void DecodePhonemes(const char *inptr, char *outptr);
 char *WritePhMnemonic(char *phon_out, PHONEME_TAB *ph, PHONEME_LIST *plist, int use_ipa, int *flags);
 const char *GetTranslatedPhonemeString(int phoneme_mode);
+int GetVowelStress(Translator *tr, unsigned char *phonemes, signed char *vowel_stress, int *vowel_count, int *stressed_syllable, int control);
 int IsVowel(Translator *tr, int letter);
 int Unpronouncable(Translator *tr, char *word, int posn);
-void ChangeWordStress(Translator *tr, char *word, int new_stress);
 void SetWordStress(Translator *tr, char *output, unsigned int *dictionary_flags, int tonic, int control);
 void AppendPhonemes(Translator *tr, char *string, int size, const char *ph);
 int TranslateRules(Translator *tr, char *p_start, char *phonemes, int ph_size, char *end_phonemes, int word_flags, unsigned int *dict_flags);
diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/translateword.c b/src/libespeak-ng/translateword.c
index 98a7e111..d9c1535d 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/translateword.c
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/translateword.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #include "translate.h"
 #include "translateword.h"
 #include "common.h"               // for strncpy0
-#include "dictionary.h"           // for TranslateRules, LookupDictList, Cha...
+#include "dictionary.h"           // for TranslateRules, LookupDictList
 #include "numbers.h"              // for SetSpellingStress, ...
 #include "phoneme.h"              // for phonSWITCH, PHONEME_TAB, phonPAUSE_...
 #include "readclause.h"           // for towlower2
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 
 
 static void addPluralSuffixes(int flags, Translator *tr, char last_char, char *word_phonemes);
+static void ChangeWordStress(Translator *tr, char *word, int new_stress);
 static int CheckDottedAbbrev(char *word1);
 static int NonAsciiNumber(int letter);
 static char *SpeakIndividualLetters(Translator *tr, char *word, char *phonemes, int spell_word, ALPHABET *current_alphabet, char word_phonemes[]);
@@ -667,6 +668,50 @@ int TranslateWord3(Translator *tr, char *word_start, WORD_TAB *wtab, char *word_
 }
 
 
+static void ChangeWordStress(Translator *tr, char *word, int new_stress)
+{
+	int ix;
+	unsigned char *p;
+	int max_stress;
+	int vowel_count; // num of vowels + 1
+	int stressed_syllable = 0; // position of stressed syllable
+	unsigned char phonetic[N_WORD_PHONEMES];
+	signed char vowel_stress[N_WORD_PHONEMES/2];
+
+	strcpy((char *)phonetic, word);
+	max_stress = GetVowelStress(tr, phonetic, vowel_stress, &vowel_count, &stressed_syllable, 0);
+
+	if (new_stress >= STRESS_IS_PRIMARY) {
+		// promote to primary stress
+		for (ix = 1; ix < vowel_count; ix++) {
+			if (vowel_stress[ix] >= max_stress) {
+				vowel_stress[ix] = new_stress;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		// remove primary stress
+		for (ix = 1; ix < vowel_count; ix++) {
+			if (vowel_stress[ix] > new_stress) // >= allows for diminished stress (=1)
+				vowel_stress[ix] = new_stress;
+		}
+	}
+
+	// write out phonemes
+	ix = 1;
+	p = phonetic;
+	while (*p != 0) {
+		if ((phoneme_tab[*p]->type == phVOWEL) && !(phoneme_tab[*p]->phflags & phNONSYLLABIC)) {
+			if ((vowel_stress[ix] == STRESS_IS_DIMINISHED) || (vowel_stress[ix] > STRESS_IS_UNSTRESSED))
+				*word++ = stress_phonemes[(unsigned char)vowel_stress[ix]];
+
+			ix++;
+		}
+		*word++ = *p++;
+	}
+	*word = 0;
+}
+
 static char *SpeakIndividualLetters(Translator *tr, char *word, char *phonemes, int spell_word, ALPHABET *current_alphabet, char word_phonemes[])
 {
 	int posn = 0;