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Language:
Ambrym, Southeast
Lect:
Ambrym, Southeast
Language family:
Ambrym, Southeast (living)
Country:
Vanuatu
latitude,longitude:
-16.1,168.1
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables [ 1 ] Sources [ 1 ] Words [ 6 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
U+P/P
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary
STCSPC
AbsentAbsent
 ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto In progress ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Ambrym) ≥1 syllable exceptional

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Syllable Parameters [ 1 ] Syllabic Template Weight
long_v: yes

No syllabic template information for this lect.

No syllabic weight information for this lect.

1968 Parker, G.J. (1968). Southeast Ambrym Phonology. In: Oceanic Linguistics 7, pp. 81-91.
89: Monosyllables are stressed. Bisyllabic major words are stressed on the first syllable if the second is short. Otherwise stress is variable or constant through both syllables. In trisyllabic words, the pattern is much the same on the final two syllables. (Parker 1968:89)
ˈnim house
reˈvul hole
ˈkuˈlii dog
aˈtuli girl
hiˈmætu big
hoˈramui boy