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Lect:
Gujarati
latitude,longitude:
23,72
Patterns [ 5 ] Attributes Syllables [ 4 ] Sources [ 1 ] Words [ 10 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
U/P;P/A
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary
STCSPC
No informationNo information
 ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto In progress ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Gujarati) ≥1 syllable exceptional
compound Compound_all_strong-weak ≥1 syllable compound

No attributes associated with this lect.

Syllable Parameters [ 3 ] Syllabic Template [ 1 ] Weight
br_onsets: yes
closed_syll: yes
geminates: yes
syllable_template: (C)(C)V(V/S)(C)

No syllabic weight information for this lect.

1965 Cardona, G. (1965). A Gujarati Reference Grammar. University of Pensylvania, South Asia Regional Studies, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia.
32: In bisyllables (U/P):-if both vowels are non-/a/ stress is penult.-if the second is /a/, stress is final-if the first is schwa and open, there is free variation-if the first is schwa and closed, stress is penultimatein trisyllables(P/A):-if the penult is not schwa or /i/ and the first is not /a/, stress is penultimate-if the first is /a/ there is free variation between initial and penult-if the penult is schwa stress the first except when the penult is closed.. (Cardona 1965:32)
ˈbidi a type of cigar
nakˈsan damage
ˈjuləm tyranny
ˈjəldi quickly
ˈjəmin jəˈmin land
khəˈbutər pigeon
ˈakrəmən invasion
ˈtajeter taˈjeter recently
ˈprəcəlit current, popular
jəˈjənti birthday