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Language:
Arabic, North Levantine Spoken
Lect:
Arabic, Beirut
Language family:
Arabic, North Levantine Spoken (living)
Country:
Syria
latitude,longitude:
33.9,35.6
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables [ 3 ] Sources [ 1 ] Words [ 14 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
U-P/A
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary Right, trochaic, iterative, QS, left EM ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto In progress ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Arabic, Lebanese) ≥1 syllable exceptional

No attributes associated with this lect.

Syllable Parameters [ 2 ] Syllabic Template [ 1 ] Weight
closed_syll: yes
long_v: yes
syllable_template: CVC;CV;CVV;CVV-C;CVC-C

No syllabic weight information for this lect.

1979 Abdul-Karim, K. (1979). Aspects of the Phonology of Lebanese Arabic. Doct. diss, University of Illinois, Urbana
ˈdarab hit
ˈʕallam u they teach
ˈdarab u they hit
ʕalˈlam na we teach
daˈrab na he hit
ˈfihim he understood
ˈfhim na we understood
ˈfihm u they understand
ˈfihm it she understands
šaˈjaratun tree
ˈd̪arab it she hit
ˈfhimna    [non clitic] we understood
ˈfihim he understood
darabˈitu they [fem.] hit