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Lect:
Ketengban
latitude,longitude:
-4.75,140.8
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables [ 2 ] Sources [ 1 ] Words [ 8 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
LEXlexical
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary
STCSPC
AbsentAbsent
 ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto In progress ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Ketengban) ≥1 syllable exceptional

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

No syllabic weight information for this lect.

1982 Sims, A. & A.Sims (1982). Ketengban Phonology. Workpapers in Indonesian Linguistics 1: 50-74. Ambon: SIL.
50: The phonological word in Ketengban is the domain of one stress. The stressed syllable is frequently, but not always, accompanied by higher pitch. The majority of phonological words consist of one to three syllables although words of up to five syllables are known to occur. Stress is phonemic. (Sims & Sims 1982:50)
ˈbumɛ horsefly
buˈmɛ short
ˈgamkona to love
kalˈkɛmna to know, study
ˈwɛŋdoŋona to enter
dɛˈdoŋona to jump
goɾomˈdana to bump into
dinikmaˈɾə it's full