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Lect:
Wambaya
latitude,longitude:
-17,134.7
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables [ 3 ] Sources [ 1 ] Words [ 5 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
I/I12/1L
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary Left, trochaic, iterative (v1) ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto In progress ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Wambaya) ≥1 syllable exceptional

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Syllable Parameters [ 2 ] Syllabic Template [ 1 ] Weight
closed_syll: yes
long_v: yes
syllable_template: (C)V(V)(C)(C)

No syllabic weight information for this lect.

1998 Nordlinger, Rachel. 1998. A Grammar of Wambaya, Northern Territory (Australia). Pacific Linguistics, Series C, No. 140.
33: Each polysyllabic morpheme is a domain for stress assignment. In this domain, stress is assigned to the first syllable and all alternates thereafter. The only exception to this are words with a long vowel in the second syllable (and a short one in the first). In those words stress is on the second syllable. 2 monosyllabic suffixes can form a stress domain (Nordlinger 1998:33)
ˈbulyungu little.iv
ˈngurraˌramba night time
gaˈrdaala gidgee tree
ˈdagumaj hit
ˈdagumaj̟ ˌbarli hit.agnt.i