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Language:

Alune

Lect:

Alune; Sapalewa; Patasiwa, Alfoeren

Language family:

Alune (living)

Country:

Indonesia

latitude,longitude:

-31,28.3

Stress Type

Pattern Description

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Pattern Name

Word Size

Pattern Kind

primary

STC	SPC
P;A (IRR)

≥1 syllable

dominant

secondary

STC	SPC
Absent	Absent

≥1 syllable

dominant

in_toto

In progress

≥1 syllable

dominant

exceptional

Exceptional (Alune)

≥1 syllable

exceptional

No attributes associated with this lect.

br_onsets: yes

syllable_template: ((C)C)V

No syllabic weight information for this lect.

1990 Taguchi, Y. & T.Taguchi (1990). A phonology of Alune. Workpaper in Indonesian Languages and Culture 8: 95-127 Ambon: Pattimura University + SIL

Stress normally falls on the penultimate syllable of the word root. If suffixes are added, stress moves towards the end of the word. There are two exceptions: transitive verb formed from the causative suffix /-ke/, which blocks stress shift and the demonstrative enclitics /-de/ 'that' and /-du/ 'those', which always get the main stress. (Taguchi & Taguchi 1990)

ˈmusu hot

muˈsute heat

ˈsuku to bathe

suˈkui to bathe him

ˈbuni to hide intr.

buˈnike to hide trans.

buˈnikele to hide it

tamataˈre that person

ˈplaene butterfly

madalaneˈre that deer