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Lect:
Mentu; Mentuh Tapuh
latitude,longitude:
1,111
Patterns [ 6 ] Attributes Syllables [ 3 ] Sources [ 1 ] Words [ 6 ]
Pattern:
Compound_root + root_weak-strong
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Syllable Parameters [ 2 ] Syllabic Template [ 1 ] Weight
closed_syll: yes
long_v: yes
syllable_template: (C)V(:)(C) nasal

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1972 Court, C. (1972). The Phonological Structure of the Word in Mentu Land Dayak. Oceania Linguistic Monographs 15: 86-93.
  Simple words in Mentu Land Dayak have one, two, three or four syllables; the last syllable of a polysyllabic word behaves in the same way as as the only syllable in a monosyllabic word and phonetically is stressed. Trisyllables are mostly formed by prefixation or infixation of a disyllabic root. One- and four syllable words are rare. In polysyllabic words the first syllable allows more vowel contrasts than any word-medial syllables and may be considered to have secondary stress (not indicated).
daˈjukŋ woman, female
iˈɲãː person
bʊˈrɜtn moon, month
rəˈminəˌkuʔ my house
ˈɟɨːʔˌɲãh a while ago
səsaˈɟaʔ merely