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Lect:
Purépecha; Tarasco; Tarascan
latitude,longitude:
20,-102
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables [ 4 ] Sources [ 2 ] Words [ 4 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
I;S
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary
STCSPC
No informationNo information
 ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto In progress ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Purépecha) ≥1 syllable exceptional

No attributes associated with this lect.

Syllable Parameters [ 3 ] Syllabic Template [ 1 ] Weight
br_onsets: yes
closed_syll: yes
long_v: yes
syllable_template: (C)(C)(w)V(V,C)

No syllabic weight information for this lect.

1977 Hyman, Larry. 1977. On the nature of linguistic stress. Studies in stress and accent: Southern California Occasional Papers in Linguistics 4 ed. by Larry Hyman. Los Angeles: Dept. of Linguistics, University of Southern California.
71: Stress is initial or on the second syllable of a word. Stress placement is partially free, partially fixed. (Hyman 1977:71)
1969 Foster, M.L. (1969). The Tarascan Language. University of California Publications in Linguistics 56.
ˈpatani to extinguish the fire
kaˈrani to write
xaˈpotʃʰaakani i will wash my head
ˈma ˈktʰa aˈtantsʰkʰata a painted house