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Lect:
Kalkatungu
latitude,longitude:
-21,140
Patterns [ 6 ] Attributes Syllables [ 2 ] Sources [ 4 ] Words [ 8 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
I1L
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary
STCSPC
i2@1L
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary
STCSPC
None
 ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto initial ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Kalkutung) ≥1 syllable exceptional

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Syllable Parameters Syllabic Template [ 1 ] Weight [ 1 ]

No syllable parameters for this lect.

syllable_template: (C)V(C)
any weight: 0
1969 Blake, Barry. 1969. Pitta-Pitta. In Dixon, R.M.W. and Blake, Barry, eds. Handbook of Australian languages, vol. 1. pp. 182-242. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
16-17: Main stress is word initial. Secondary stresses fall on alternate syllables thereafter and on the first syllable of every polysyllabic morpheme and on alternate syllables thereafter. Word final syllables are unstressed.. (Blake 1969:16-17)
1979 Blake, Barry. 1979. A Kalkatungu grammar. Canberra: Australian National University
2002 Gordon, Matthew. 2002. A factorial typology of quantity insensitive stress. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 20. pages 491-552.
1969 Blake, B.J. (1969). The Kalkatungu Language, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra.
ˈjalkaˌpari boomerang
ˈjariˌka jan ˈati become hungry
ˈkunkuˌju ˌati two daughters
ˈluati ˌluati four
ˈluati two
ˈcuku ˌcuku ears
ˈulˌkuuri long
ˈcuku ˌcuku ˌulˌkuuri rabbit