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Lect:
Mpakwathi; Anguthimri
latitude,longitude:
-12.2,142
Patterns [ 6 ] Attributes Syllables [ 3 ] Sources [ 3 ] Words [ 6 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
I1L
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary
STCSPC
i2@1L, no 1R
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary Left, trochaic, iterative (v1) ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto initial; alt secondary [right] ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Mpakwathi) ≥1 syllable exceptional

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Syllable Parameters [ 1 ] Syllabic Template [ 1 ] Weight [ 1 ]
long_v: yes
syllable_template: (C)(C)V
any weight: 0
1981 Crowley, Terry. 1981. The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri. In Dixon, R.M.W. and Blake, Barry, eds. Handbook of Australian languages, vol. 2, pp. 146-94. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
2002 Gordon, Matthew. 2002. A factorial typology of quantity insensitive stress. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 20. pages 491-552.
1981 Crowley, T. (1981). The Mpakwathi dialect of Anguthimri. In: Dixon & Blake. The Handbook of Australian languages. Vol. 2.
156: Main stress falls on the initial syllable, secondary stress on alternate syllables thereafter. The final syllable in odd-syllabled words is unstressed. (Crowley 1981:156)
ˈðuʔu yamstick
ˈpaːna level
ˈarana toenail, fingernail
ˈkalipwa gully
ˈʔunuˌwana blister
ˈmaɣuˌʔiːni mullet