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Language:
Arabic, Gulf Spoken
Lect:
Arabic, Gulf
Language family:
Arabic, Gulf Spoken (living)
Country:
Iraq
latitude,longitude:
23,52
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables [ 5 ] Sources [ 1 ] Words [ 6 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
U/P12/2R
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary
STCSPC
No informationNo information
 ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto In progress ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Arabic, Gulf) ≥1 syllable exceptional

No attributes associated with this lect.

Syllable Parameters [ 4 ] Syllabic Template [ 1 ] Weight
br_onsets: yes
closed_syll: yes
geminates: yes
long_v: yes
syllable_template: CV, CVC, CCV, CVVC, CVCC, CCVC

No syllabic weight information for this lect.

1977 Qafisheh, H.A. (1977). A short reference grammar of Gulf Arabic. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.
30: If the final syllable is long, it bears stress. In all other cases stress is on the penult. (Qafisheh 1977:30)
ʜaˈyaattin their life
ˈbeettum their house
mithaawˈʃiin having quarreled with each other
yʃuuˈfuun they see
musˈtaʃfa hospital
ˈqaɭbitʃ your heart