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Language:
Arrarnta, Western
Lect:
Arrarnta, Western; Aranda, Western
Language family:
Arrarnta, Western (living)
Country:
Australia
latitude,longitude:
-24,133
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables [ 1 ] Sources [ 1 ] Words [ 7 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
S2L
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary Left, trochaic, iterative (v1) ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto In progress ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Arrarnta, Western) ≥1 syllable exceptional

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Syllable Parameters Syllabic Template [ 1 ] Weight

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syllable_template: V(C)CV(C)...

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1942 Strehlow, T. (1942). Arrandic Phonetics. Oceania XII, pp.255-302.
  Bisyllabic words have stress on the first syllable. All other words have main stress on the first syllable that begins with a consonant (this is never beyond the second syllable). Secondary stress occurs on alternate syllables after the main stress but not on the final. (Strehlow 1942)
ˈkama to cut
utˈnadaˌwara place name
ˈworaˌtara place name
iˈbatja milk
ˈmbuma to burn
ˈlelanˌtinama to walk along
ˈilba ear