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Lect:
Maung
latitude,longitude:
-11.85,133.5
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables [ 2 ] Sources [ 1 ] Words [ 7 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
P; A/P
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary
STCSPC
i2@2R
 ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto In progress ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Maung) ≥1 syllable exceptional

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

No syllabic weight information for this lect.

1970 Capell, A. & M.E. Hinch (1970). Maung Grammar: Text and Vocabulary. The Hague: Mouton.
  words of up to three syllables in length are equally stressed on the first and second syllable. Longer words have main stress on the penult and secondary stress on alternates before that. When a closed syllable precedes the penult, it may take stress.
ˈgumˈbil chest
ˈbaˈladji bag
ˌjiniˈwunjan he cooked it
aˌwuniˈlaŋuŋ he was eating them
ˌjiniˈwudbunjan he started it
ŋul̻g splash, hot sand
ludj whistle