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Language:
Arawak
Lect:
Suriname Arawak
latitude,longitude:
5,-55
Patterns [ 6 ] Attributes Syllables [ 3 ] Sources [ 3 ] Words [ 4 ]
Pattern:
initial
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Prose Analysis [ 2 ] Attributes [ 2 ] Theoretical Analysis Computational Analysis Lects [ 65 ]

In words of all sizes, primary stress falls on the initial syllable.

de Goeje, Claudius Henricus. 1928. The Arawak language of Guiana. Amsterdam: Amsterdam Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen.
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Gordon, Matthew. 2002. A factorial typology of quantity insensitive stress. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 20. pages 491-552.
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type: quantity-insensitive (qi)
subtype: single

No theoretical analysis for this pattern.



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Syllable Parameters [ 1 ] Syllabic Template [ 1 ] Weight [ 1 ]
closed_syll: yes
syllable_template: CV(C)
any weight: 0
1928 de Goeje, Claudius Henricus. 1928. The Arawak language of Guiana. Amsterdam: Amsterdam Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen.
2002 Gordon, Matthew. 2002. A factorial typology of quantity insensitive stress. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 20. pages 491-552.
1979 W.J.A. Pet (1979). Another look at Suriname Arawak phonology. IJAL 45:4, 323-331.
baˌhɨ loˈko̜řo or ˌbahɨ loˈko̜řo into the house
da ˈkʰabo my hand
da ˌʃimaˈkabo ɪ am calling
waɸaˈřali ˣ waɸaˈřaˑli we must fight