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Lect:
Iaai; Iai; Yai
latitude,longitude:
-20.35,166.7
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables Sources [ 1 ] Words [ 4 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
I1L
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary
STCSPC
2R
 ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto In progress ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Iaai) ≥1 syllable exceptional

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1968 Tryon, D.T.(1968). Iai Grammar. Pacific Linguistics, Series B, No8.
  Primary stress on the first syllable, secondary on the final in three syllable words and on the penultimate in words of more than three syllables. (Tryon 1968)
ˈko whale
ˈmomo woman
ˈemaˌkan eye
ˈbaraˌkonen ear