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Lect:
Wambon
latitude,longitude:
-5.3,140.5
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables [ 2 ] Sources [ 1 ] Words [ 1 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
P;U (IRR)
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary
STCSPC
No informationNo information
 ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto In progress ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Wambon) ≥1 syllable exceptional

No attributes associated with this lect.

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

No syllabic weight information for this lect.

1992 Vries, L. de & R. de Vries-Wiersma (1992). The Morphology of Wambon of the Irian Jaya Upper-Digul Area, with an Introduction to its Phonology. Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal, Land en Volkenkunde 151. Leiden: KITLV Press.
12: Stress, which is rather light in Wambon, generally falls on the penultimate syllable; in some words we found the stress on the final and the penultimate syllable in variation. (de Vries & de Vries 1992:12)
tamˈbulop or tambuˈlop kind of fruit