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Lect:
Aguacateco
latitude,longitude:
15.3,-91.2
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables [ 2 ] Sources [ 2 ] Words [ 3 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
L/L12..89/1R
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary
STCSPC
AbsentAbsent
 ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto In progress ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Aguacateco) ≥1 syllable exceptional

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

No syllabic weight information for this lect.

1981 Hayes, Bruce. 1981. A metrical theory of stress rules. 1980. Ph.D. thesis, MIT.
65: Stress falls on the rightmost syllable with a long vowel, otherwise on the last (Hayes 1980:65)
1956 McArthur, H. & L. McArthur (1956). Aguacatec (Mayan) Phonemes in the Stress Group. International Journal of American Linguistics 22, 72-76.
ˈʔaːk'ah new
ʔuˈmul rabbit
ˈter̤u you, now