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Lect:
Chinanteco, Lealao
latitude,longitude:
17.3,-96
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables [ 3 ] Sources [ 1 ] Words [ 4 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
LEXlexical
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary
STCSPC
No informationNo information
 ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto In progress ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Chinanteco) ≥1 syllable exceptional

No attributes associated with this lect.

Syllable Parameters [ 2 ] Syllabic Template [ 1 ] Weight
closed_syll: yes
long_v: yes
syllable_template: (C)V(C)

No syllabic weight information for this lect.

1989 Rupp, James E. (1989). Lealao Chinantec Syntax. Studies in Chinantec Languages 2. Summer Institute of Linguistics and the University of Texas at Arlington.
  The language has a tone system (not indicated in the examples here).
3: There are many pairs of words minimally different by reason of stress. (Rupp 1989:3)
ŋiː her/his voice
ˈŋiː high
fi road
ˈfi handle