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Luvale
latitude,longitude:
-12,22
Patterns [ 5 ] Attributes Syllables [ 1 ] Sources [ 1 ] Words [ 6 ]
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long_v: yes

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1949 Horton, A. E. (1949). A Grammar of Luvale. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press.
  In most words, stress is mostly on the penult of the root. In monosyllabic roots, stress tends to fall on penultimate prefixes, or a suffix is attached. In some morphologically determined cases stress is antepenult or final.Secondary stress occurs in forms where more than 2 syllables follow the main stress. Sometimes secondary stress is penult and main stress 2 syllables to the left of it. Sometimes the other way around (morphologically determined).Tone is distinctive.
18: Each word in Luvale has one main stress, which is an important factor in word division. The stress of words in Bantu is typically on the penultimate syllable. (Horton 1949:18)
ˈkuya to go
ngutamˈbuke that ɪ may walk
aˈmbile he said
ˈmutwe head
cilaˈnjilo market
maˈnjāvo their fields