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Lect:
Cavineña
latitude,longitude:
-12.5,-66.45
Patterns [ 7 ] Attributes Syllables [ 3 ] Sources [ 3 ] Words [ 5 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
P2R
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary
STCSPC
i2@2R
 ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto Cavinena (SPD) ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Cavineña) ≥1 syllable exceptional
phonotactic Monosyllables do not occur ≥1 syllable phonotactic

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Syllable Parameters [ 1 ] Syllabic Template [ 1 ] Weight [ 1 ]
long_v: no
syllable_template: (C)V
any weight: 0
2002 Gordon, Matthew. 2002. A factorial typology of quantity insensitive stress. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 20. pages 491-552.
1968 Key, Mary. 1968. Comparative Tacanan phonology with Cavinena phonology and notes on Pano-Tacanan relationship. The Hague: Mouton.
25: Primary stress is always on the penultimate syllable and secondary stresses are reported on alternating syllables leftward (Key 1968:25)
1968 Key, M.R. (1968). Comparative Tacanan Phonology, Mouton, The Hague.
kiˈrika paper, book
ˈhida good
maˌtohaˈiwa a cactuslike plant
hiˈdama bad
aˌtataˈwaha a kind of bee