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Lect:
Chukot; Chuckchee
latitude,longitude:
67,180
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables [ 5 ] Sources [ 1 ] Words [ 5 ]
Pattern:
In progress
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Syllable Parameters [ 4 ] Syllabic Template [ 1 ] Weight
br_onsets: yes
closed_syll: yes
geminates: yes
long_v: yes
syllable_template: (C)(C)V(C)(C)

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1922 Bogoras, Waldemar (1922). Chuckchee. In: F. Boaz (ed.) Handbook of American Indian languages, part 2. 631-903. Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 40. Washington: Government Printing Office.
680: Accent usually recedes to the beginning of the word, even as far as the fourth or fifth syllable from the end. To give emphasis to the word, the accent may be thrown upon the last syllable, the vowel of which then changes to o.. (Bogoras 1922:680)
ˈpariɬñin shoulder blade
piˈñepi snowstorm
uˈwema while cooking
ˈpirirkin he takes
tiˈpenřirkin tipenřirˈkon I attack him