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Language:

Alamblak

Lect:

Alamblak

Language family:

Alamblak (living)

Country:

Papua New Guinea

latitude,longitude:

-4.7,143

Stress Type

Pattern Description

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Pattern Name

Word Size

Pattern Kind

primary

STC	SPC
P/A%L/F

≥1 syllable

dominant

secondary

STC	SPC
No information	No information

≥1 syllable

dominant

in_toto

In progress

≥1 syllable

dominant

exceptional

Exceptional (Alamblak)

≥1 syllable

exceptional

No attributes associated with this lect.

closed_syll: yes

syllable_template: (C)(C)(C)V(V)(C)(C)

No syllabic weight information for this lect.

1984 Bruce, Les (1984). The Alamblak Language of Papua New Guinea (East Sepik). Pacific Linguistics, Series C, No. 81. Canberra: Australian National University.

Stress falls on the penult of the stem, or, if a sequence of two or more monosyllabic suffixes occurs at the right word-edge, on the penult of this sequence. The person-number-gender marker is counted as part of the stem. If the penultimate vowel is the central high vowel, a set of rules for alternative stress patterns comes into operation:-if the antepenult is heavy (not central high) it gets the stress-if there is no antepenult, or it is light: -stress falls on the suffix if it is heavy -stress falls on the last heavy vowel anywhere in the word -if there is no heavy vowel in the word, stress is initial

biˈdan ɨm shell type .pl

ˈbidan ɛt shell type .sg

xe ˈmətɨbɨn she gave to you

xiŋɨˈna kɨbət to work

kɨˈpat sago front stem

kɨpɨˈmɛt it's a sago carrying basket

ˈkɨpɨmɨt sago carrying basket

ˈaʀ̌t this one