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Lect:
Comanche
latitude,longitude:
38,-105
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables [ 4 ] Sources [ 2 ] Words [ 13 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
I1L
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary
STCSPC
i('H,'LL)L
 ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto In progress ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Comanche) ≥1 syllable exceptional

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Syllable Parameters [ 3 ] Syllabic Template [ 1 ] Weight
closed_syll: yes
geminates: yes
long_v: yes
syllable_template: CV(V)(C) ?

No syllabic weight information for this lect.

1949 Osborn, Henry, and William A. Smalley. (1949). Formulae for Comanche stem and word formation. International Journal of American Linguistics 15:93-99.
1993 Charney, Jean Ormsbee(1993). A grammar of Comanche. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
40-44: Most Comanche words are stressed on the first syllable, but there are some important exceptions. Exceptions with non-initial stress in loans, doubly stressed words, words with long vowels. Secondary stress occurs on every second mora rightward in words of more than two syllables.. (Ormsbee Charney 1993:40-44)
ˈvia mother
ˈyɨtsɨn he got up
ˈwahaˌtimaˌtoʔiˌkatɨ twelve
ˈtoʔi pipe
ˈnah just
ˈpuhiwɪ money
ˈtïrïʔai work
pɨˈrisii policeman
paruˈkuu raccoon
waˈsape bear
niˈʙia my mother
pohˈpin he jumped
kohˈtoin he built a fire