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Lect:
Wichita
latitude,longitude:
36,-98
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables [ 4 ] Sources [ 1 ] Words [ 4 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
all/L (tone?)
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary
STCSPC
i2@m
 ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto In progress ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Wichita) ≥1 syllable exceptional

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Syllable Parameters [ 3 ] Syllabic Template [ 1 ] Weight
br_onsets: yes
closed_syll: yes
long_v: yes
syllable_template: (C)(C)(C)(C)V(C) ?

No syllabic weight information for this lect.

1996 Rood, David S. 1996. Sketch of Wichita, a Caddoan Language. In Ives Goddard, ed., Handbook of American Indians, Vol. 17: Languages, pp. 580 - 608. Washington: Smithsonian Institute.
582: The rules for stress prediction are complex, and unexplained counterexamples exist. For primary stress, a hierarchy of priorities exists: in a given word, all high-pitched syllables will have primary stress; if no high pitches occur in the word, long vowels receive primary stress; if neither high pitch nor long vowel occurs in the word, the last voiced vowel has primary stress. Bisyllabic words have no main stress in the latter case. Secondary stress is assigned to alternate vowels to the left and right of the main stresses, avoiding clash. (Rood 1996:582)
ˌnaheːˈhárih creek
ˌtikaˌsiːskʷ he has a beard
ˌtikaˈʔacs he is eating it
ˈarasiˈciteːˌriw you finished it