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Lect:
Yapese (ST1)
latitude,longitude:
10,138
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables [ 2 ] Sources [ 1 ] Words [ 7 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
U/U12/1R
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary
STCSPC
H
 ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto In progress ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Yapese) ≥1 syllable exceptional

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Syllable Parameters [ 2 ] Syllabic Template Weight
closed_syll: yes
long_v: yes

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1977 Jensen, J.T. (1977). Yapese Reference Grammar. University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu.
93: Words ending in a syllable with a long vowel followed by a syllable with a short vowel have penultimate stress. Words ending in a longvowel have stress on the syllable before the long vowel (!). All other words (including those which end in a long vowel closed by a consonant ed.) have final stress. Long vowels get secondary stress, as well as closed syllables. A word may have more than one secondary stress. (Jensen 1977:93)
ˈsaalap expert
ˌmoeˈroes savage
ˌmagˈpaaʔ wedding
ˈdeengkii electricity
paˈʔag my hand
chiˈbiy to lift
ˌmarunˌgaqˈgean about it