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Miwok, Southern Sierra
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables [ 4 ] Sources [ 2 ] Words [ 4 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
I/-
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary
STCSPC
i('H,'LL)L
 ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto In progress ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Miwok, Southern Sierra) ≥1 syllable exceptional

No attributes associated with this lect.

Syllable Parameters [ 3 ] Syllabic Template [ 1 ] Weight
closed_syll: yes
geminates: yes
long_v: yes
syllable_template: CV(:), CVC

No syllabic weight information for this lect.

1964 Broadbent, S.M. (1964). The Southern Sierra Miwok Language. University of California Publications in Linguistics No 38.
16: Stress falls on the first long vowel of a word, this is always the first or the second syllable. Words with only short syllables do not exist. Secondary stress falls on the other long vowels. In a long sequence of those, the odd numbered ones tend to be more heavily stressed than the even numbered ones (Broadbent 1964:16)
1951 Freeland, L.S. (1951). Language of the Sierra Miwok. Memoir 6 of International Journal of Ameriacan Linguistics. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
hiˈsaːk to hiss
ˈhuːʂuʔ buzzard
haˈkaːʂaʔ golden cup oak
ˈtoːkoʂuʔ ear