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Lect:
Martuyhunira; Martuthunira
latitude,longitude:
-21,116.5
Patterns [ 5 ] Attributes Syllables Sources [ 2 ] Words [ 4 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
I (NMS)
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary
STCSPC
i('H,'LL)R
 ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto In progress ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Martuyhunira) ≥1 syllable exceptional
compound Compound_stressed as individual words_ ≥1 syllable compound

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1987 Dench, Alan C. (1987). Martuthunira: A language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Ph.D. Dissertation. ANU, Canberra.
98: All morphemes larger than one syllable at the lexical level have a main stress on their first syllable. Long vowels are heavy. All stresses seem to be equally prominent. Stress is on alternate syllables, but not on the last. Compounds are stressed as the individuals would be. (Dench 1987:98)
1995 Dench, Alan Charles. (1995). Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Pacific Linguistics, Series C, No. 125.
ˈpangu good
ˈkanyara man
ˈwarraˈma.l to make
ˈmangkuru ˈthuni peter creek