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Lect:
Jaru; Djaru
latitude,longitude:
-19.3,128.3
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables [ 3 ] Sources [ 1 ] Words [ 6 ]
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Syllable Parameters [ 2 ] Syllabic Template [ 1 ] Weight
closed_syll: yes
long_v: yes
syllable_template: (C)V(V)(C)(C)

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1981 Tsunoda, T. (1981). The Djaru Language Family of kimberley, Western Australia, Pacific Linguistics Series B no. 78, Australian National University, Canberra.
47-48: Stress generally falls on the first syllable of a word. A long vowel generally takes a stress even if it is not word-initial. A stress may also fall on the second morpheme if it is trisyllabic or if it is a disyllabic morpheme containing a CVC-syllable, the initial main stress may then either remain or vanish. (Tsunoda 1981:47-48)
ˈmaɭa hand
ˈmaŋari vegetable food
ˈŋaba jaɽ u water having
ˈmaŋa maŋa young girls
gida ˈɲaːŋiɲ very good
ˈmurgun murgun ... ˈmurgun ˈmurgun ... murgun ˈmurgun six