Rara #19
Legacy number: 19
| Number | 19 |
| Phenomenon | trimoraic and quadrimoraic syllables as a normal syllable type in the native vocabulary, with moras as prosody-bearing units (not just units of syllabic weight) |
| Found in | Gilbertese (Micronesian) |
| Domain | phonology — foot structure, syllable structure |
| Type | nonesuch |
| Keywords | syllable type |
| Source | Blevins, Juliette & Sheldon P. Harrison (1999). Trimoraic feet in Gilbertese. Oceanic Linguistics 38: 203-230. |
| Violates | none |
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