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Lect:
Asmat
latitude,longitude:
-5.5,138.5
Patterns [ 6 ] Attributes Syllables [ 3 ] Sources [ 3 ] Words [ 10 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
U1R
 ≥1 syllable dominant
primary
STCSPC
U;P (IRR)
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary
STCSPC
i2@1R
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary Iambic, iterative ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto final; alt secondary ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Asmat) ≥1 syllable exceptional

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Syllable Parameters [ 1 ] Syllabic Template [ 1 ] Weight [ 1 ]
closed_syll: yes
syllable_template: (C)V(C) ??
any weight: 0
2002 Gordon, Matthew. 2002. A factorial typology of quantity insensitive stress. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 20. pages 491-552.
1965 Voorhoeve, C. 1965. The Flamingo Bay dialect of the Asmat language. 's-Gravenhage:M. Nijhoff.
25-26: There is a regular alternation of accented and unaccented vowels. In certain cases, however, sequences of two, at most three, unaccented vowels occur. Furthermore, there are some cases of multi-vowelled onomatopoeia in which no alternation of accented and unaccented vowels is found. Words with two vowels, as a rule, have the accent on the second vowel, although initial stress and even some minimal pairs are found. Words with three vowels have an accent on the first and third vowel, as a rule, the last vowel is stressed more strongly than the first. (Voorhoeve 1965:25-26)
1965 Voorhoeve, C.L. (1965). The Flamingo Bay dialect of the Asmat Language, Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal, Land en Volkenkunde 46. The Hague: M.Nijhoff.
uˈsi camp
eˈco revenge
ˌusaˈwic banana
caˈnupir pelican
ˈocen spear
omˈ.ocen kind of spear
eˈmen.meˈten calf band
ˈumu.naˈkap full
ˈtow.om.iw.ˈtaw to bring something inside for someone
ˈme.tewer.ˈic take it