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Lect:
Ngada; Nga'da; Ngadha; Nad'a; Bajava; Badjava
latitude,longitude:
-8.7,120.5
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables [ 2 ] Sources [ 4 ] Words [ 4 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
P/U21/1R
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary
STCSPC
No informationNo information
 ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto In progress ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Ngada) ≥1 syllable exceptional

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

No syllabic weight information for this lect.

1933 Arndt, P (1933) Grammatik der Ngad'a-Sprache (VBG 72/3), Bandoeng: Nix & Co.
  (Schwa does not occur in the final syllable according to Arndt 1933)
1977 Djawanai, S. (1977) "A description of the basic phonology of Ngad'a and the treatment of borrowings", in NUSA Monographs 5: 10-18, Jakarta: NUSA
  Stress is not phonemic and it appears as greater vowel length and possibly higher pitch. The stress is always on the next to last syllable (penultimate), which is the first syllable in most words. However, the stress may be shifted to the last syllable when the first syllable contains a schwa. (Djawanai 1977)
1995 Djawanai, S. & C.E.Grimes (1995). In D.T. Tryon (ed.) Comparative Austronesian Dictionary Part 1: 593-600. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Guyter.
1980 Moore, P (1980). Nga'da Phonology. In Naylor (ed.) Austronesian Studies: Papers from the second Eastern Conference on Austronesian Languages: 203-212. Michigan: Ann Arbor.
ˈbeli witness
vəˈli buy
kobeˈsa the cloud
ˈbajava place name