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Lect:
Sawai; Weda; Were
latitude,longitude:
0.5,127.95
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables [ 3 ] Sources [ 2 ] Words [ 5 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
P/P21/2R
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary
STCSPC
AbsentAbsent
 ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto In progress ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Sawai) ≥1 syllable exceptional

No attributes associated with this lect.

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

No syllabic weight information for this lect.

1992 Whisler, R. (1992). Phonology of Sawai. In D.A. Barquest & W.D.Laidig (eds.) Phonological Studies in four languages of Maluku, Publications in Linguistics 108: 7-32. Dallas: SIL and University of Texas at Arlington.
  Word stress is generally on the penultimate syllable of multisyllabic roots. However, if the penultimate vowel is a mid front lax vowel /E/ and the final vowel is other than /E/, the stress falls on the ultimate syllable. Word stress is not affected by affixation. (Whisler 1992)
1995 Whisler, R. & J.Whisler (1995). Sawai. In D.T. Tryon (ed.) Comparative Austronesian Dictionary Part 1: 659-... Berlin/New York: Mouton de Guyter.
boˈbane bay
ˈjɛgɛt oil
musɛˈla woven mat
mɛˈkɔt red
tɛt̤titɛf becomes tɛtitɛf spittle