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Language:
Abkhaz
Lect:
Abkhaz
Language family:
Abkhaz (living)
Country:
Georgia
latitude,longitude:
43,41
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables [ 3 ] Sources [ 1 ] Words [ 3 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
LEXlexical
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary
STCSPC
No informationNo information
 ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto In progress ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Abkhaz) ≥1 syllable exceptional

No attributes associated with this lect.

Syllable Parameters [ 2 ] Syllabic Template [ 1 ] Weight
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