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Lect:
Nunggubuyu
latitude,longitude:
-13.75,135.7
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables [ 3 ] Sources [ 1 ] Words [ 7 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
P2R
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary Left, trochaic, iterative (v1) ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto In progress ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Nunggubuyu) ≥1 syllable exceptional

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Syllable Parameters [ 2 ] Syllabic Template [ 1 ] Weight
closed_syll: yes
long_v: yes
syllable_template: probably: (C)V(V)(C)(C)

No syllabic weight information for this lect.

1981 Hore, Michael (1981). Syllable length and stress in Nunggubuyu. In: AAB SIL Working papers. Series A5. B. Waters (ed). 1-62.
  Stress is usually penultimate. Secondary stress occurs on the initial syllable and every other syllable thereafter. There are exceptions in which long vowels seem to attract stress.Phonetic cues for stress are intensity, pitch and duration. (Hore 1981)
wuˈrugu billabong
ˌngalaaˈligi turtle
ˌambalaˈlari poor
ˈmuːn foot
maˈgaa it told it
ˈd̯aalubu small goanna
waˌraarriˈwana it congratulates it