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Language:

Abkhaz

Lect:

Abkhaz

Language family:

Abkhaz (living)

Country:

Georgia

latitude,longitude:

43,41

Stress Type

Pattern Description

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Pattern Name

Word Size

Pattern Kind

primary

STC	SPC
LEX	lexical

≥1 syllable

dominant

secondary

STC	SPC
No information	No information

≥1 syllable

dominant

in_toto

In progress

≥1 syllable

dominant

exceptional

Exceptional (Abkhaz)

≥1 syllable

exceptional

No attributes associated with this lect.

closed_syll: yes

long_v: yes

syllable_template: (C)V(C)

No syllabic weight information for this lect.

1979 Hewitt, B. G. (1979). Abkhaz. Lingua Descriptive Studies 2. Amsterdam: North Holland Publishing Company.

263: There are minimal pairs. Stress is accompanied by greater intensity and, if pronounced in isolation, a falling pitch (accent).Stress position is not constant. (Hewitt 1979:263)

264: Stress position is not predictable from the phonotactic structure of the word. (Hewitt 1979:264)

ˈaratɕʷa plurality

aˈratɕʷa coal

araˈtɕʷa bark from a walnut tree