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Aranda, Western
Ethnologue code(s): areThis language has a quantity-sensitive bounded stress system.
Primary stress pattern
SPC: 12/2L
In words of three or more syllables, primary stress falls on the initial syllable if it is heavy, else on the peninitial syllable if it is heavy, else on the peninitial syllable.
SPC: 1L
In words of two or fewer syllables, primary stress falls on the initial syllable.
Secondary stress pattern
SPC: i2@m, no 1R
In words of three or more syllables, secondary stress falls iteratively on every second syllable in both directions from the main stress. Secondary stress does not fall on the final syllable.
SPC: None
In words of two or fewer syllables, there is no secondary stress. This is deliberately ambiguous between "none reported" in a source and "verifiably none".
Syllable Weight Hierarchy
| W0 | W1 | W2 | W3 | W4 |
| V | CV |
Relevant phonotactics
As far as we know, there is no relevant phonotactic information for this language.
Sources
- Bailey, Todd M. 1995. Nonmetrical Constraints on Stress. Doctoral dissertation, Univerisity of Minnesota. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI.
- Halle, Morris and Jean-Roger Vergnaud. 1987. An Essay on Stress. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
- Davis. 1985. Ternary Feet reconsidered. Ms. Department of Linguistics, MIT, Cambridge, MA.
Finite State Acceptors - Aranda_Western Pattern
The format for the acceptors below is start states, final states, and transitions.
The labels indicate the syllable weight and level of stress.
For example, w0.s2 means a syllable of weight 0 with primary stress; w1.s1 means a
syllable of weight 1 with secondary stress and so on.
The Tail Canonical Acceptor
| states | transitions | initial | final |
| 7 | 15 | 1 | 4 |
This acceptor is 1-1 neighborhood-distinct.
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0 0,1,w1.s2 0,5,w0.s2 0,6,w0.s0 1,2,w0.s0 1,2,w1.s0 2,3,w0.s1 2,3,w1.s1 2,4,w0.s0 2,4,w1.s0 3,2,w0.s0 3,2,w1.s0 5,4,w0.s0 5,4,w1.s0 6,3,w0.s2 6,3,w1.s2 1,2,4,5 |
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The Head Canonical Acceptor
| states | transitions | initial | final |
| 7 | 18 | 2 | 1 |
This acceptor is 1-1 neighborhood-distinct.
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0,6 0,1,w0.s2 0,1,w1.s2 0,2,w0.s0 0,6,w0.s0 2,3,w0.s2 3,4,w0.s0 3,4,w1.s0 3,5,w0.s0 3,5,w1.s0 4,1,w0.s0 4,1,w1.s0 5,3,w0.s1 5,3,w1.s1 5,4,w0.s1 5,4,w1.s1 6,3,w1.s2 6,4,w0.s2 6,4,w1.s2 1 |
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Stress Pattern Generator
In order to use the Stress Pattern Generator, use numbers between 0 and 1 delimited by spaces in the box below. These numbers represent syllables in a word. The number corresponds to the weight of the syllable, 0 being the lightest, and 1 being the heaviest. When the "Find Stress" Button is clicked, a new page will open with the stresses for the word indicated.
Example input:
A three syllable word in a language with weight of 2 and the heaviest syllable being the middle would be represented as "0 1 0".
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