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Lect:
Cree, plains
latitude,longitude:
53,-86
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables [ 3 ] Sources [ 2 ] Words [ 6 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
A3R
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary
STCSPC
i2@m
 ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto In progress ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Cree, plains) ≥1 syllable exceptional

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Syllable Parameters [ 3 ] Syllabic Template Weight
br_onsets: yes
closed_syll: yes
long_v: yes

No syllabic template information for this lect.

No syllabic weight information for this lect.

1996 Wolfart, H.C. (1996). Sketch of Cree, an Algonquian Language. In: I. Goddard (ed.) Handbook of North American Indians, volume 17. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 390-439.
431: The stress pattern of words seems to depend primarily on the number of syllables rather than on vowel length.Disyllabic words are stressed on the last syllable ,However, note that disyllabic particles show a nondistinctive variation of ultimate and penuiltimate stress whoserelation to sentence-level patterns remains to be studied. In words of three or more syllables, primary stress falls on the third syllable from the end. Secondary stress then falls on alternate syllables in either direction, reckoned from the antepenult.. (Wolfart 1996:431)
1999 Okimasis, J. and S. Ratt. (1999). Cree: Language of the Plains /nehiyawewin: paskwawi-pikiskwewin. Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina.
isˈkweːw woman
mihˈti piece of firewood
ˈmaːka, maːˈka but
ˈmahti, mahˈti let's see, come on.
ˈneːhiˌyaw cree ɪndian
ˌpasaˌkwaːpiˈsimoˌwin shut eye dance