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Chamorro (ST1)
latitude,longitude:
13,145
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables Sources [ 2 ] Words [ 9 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
P/A23/3R
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary Rhythm (v4) ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto In progress ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Chamorro) ≥1 syllable exceptional

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1983 Chung, S. (1983). Transderivational Relationships in Chamorro Phonology. Language 59:1, 35-66.
  Stress falls on the antepenult if the penult is light, otherwise it falls on the penult. In a large number of loans main stress is final.In words with suffixes stress is always APU. Secondary stress: is cyclic. Words that are long enough have secondary stress where the stem had main stress (except when adjacent to the new main stress on the suffix). (Chung 1983)
1960 Seiden, W. (1960). Chamorro Phonemes. Anthropological Linguistics 2:4, 6-35.
10: Stress is phonemic, but in bisyllables its placement is mostly regular, on the initial syllable. (Seiden 1960:10)
ˈpikaru sly
ˈkanay hand
ˈmämati reef
ˈpulo hair
puˈlonnum trigger fish
ˈfalofan step
aˈsægwa wife
ˈasægwa marriage
munˈton swarm