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Lect:
Kutenai
latitude,longitude:
49.5,-116
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables [ 4 ] Sources [ 4 ] Words [ 5 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
P;U
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary
STCSPC
i('H,'LL)R
 ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto In progress ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Kutenai) ≥1 syllable exceptional

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Syllable Parameters [ 2 ] Syllabic Template [ 1 ] Weight [ 1 ]
br_onsets: yes
closed_syll: yes
syllable_template: (C)(C)(C)CV(C)(C)(C)
any weight: 0
1926 Canestrelli, Philippo. 1926. Grammar of the Kutena: Language. International Journal ofAmerican Linguistics 4, 1-84.
2002 Gordon, Matthew. 2002. A factorial typology of quantity insensitive stress. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 20. pages 491-552.
1948 Garvin, P.L. (1948). Kutenai I: Phonemics. IJAL 14:1, 37-43.
37: Contour units are penultimately stressed or finally stressed. (Garvin 1948:37)
37: Some contours have distinctive stress on any syllable preceding the main stress. Every second syllable preceding distinctive secondary stress has automatic secondary stress. Syllables between the syllable bearing distinctive secondary stress and the primarily stressed syllable are unstressed. Contours which do not have distinctive secondary stress show automatic secondary stress on every second syllable preceding the primarily stressed syllable. (Garvin 1948:37)
  Matthew Dryer p.c.
ˈsaʔnpaɬ but indeed
ˌnɪs aˌkɪkɬuˈnamɪs the town obv.
ˌkqaqaˈnaɬkqac automobile
hucˌʔɪsnɪɬqanˈqamek ɪ will sit there myself
ˌsaklaˈman sacrament