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Lect:
Balantak; Kosian
latitude,longitude:
-0.8,123.35
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables [ 3 ] Sources [ 1 ] Words [ 3 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
P2R
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary
STCSPC
2R
 ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto In progress ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Balantak) ≥1 syllable exceptional

No attributes associated with this lect.

Syllable Parameters [ 2 ] Syllabic Template [ 1 ] Weight
br_onsets: yes
closed_syll: yes
syllable_template: ((C)C)V(C)

No syllabic weight information for this lect.

1991 Busenitz, R.L. & M.J.Busenitz (1991). Balantak Phonology and Morphophonemics. NUSA Monographs 33: 29-47. Jakarta: NUSA
  The phonological word is normally disyllabic and, as such, receives penultimate primary stress. The stressed syllable may typically be preceded by one or two syllables: if two, the initial syllable receives a secondary stress. (Busenitz & Busenitz 1991)
ˈliŋkoŋ fern
baˈkokoʔ machete
ˌboluˈsukon durian