Rara #23

Legacy number: 23

 Number  23
 Phenomenon  word-stress (in non-focussed or naturally focussed phrases) phonetically implemented by low rather than high pitch
 Found in  Saipan and Guam dialects of Chamorro (Austronesian; the Rota dialect has high-pitch stress); Diegueño (Yuman; as a less common alternant to high-pitch stress)
 Domain  phonology — word-stress
 Type  rarum
 Keywords  low pitch
 Source  Topping, Chung;
Langdon, Margaret (1977). Stress, pitch, and length in Yuman languages. In Hyman (ed.) 1977, 239-259.
[source doesn't match universal!!!!!!]
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Is perhaps not really so uncommon: also found in northern dialects of British English, Schwyzert¸¸tsch, Southeast Norwegian (Germanic, IE), Bengali, Assamese, Oriya, Punjabi (Indo-Aryan, IE), Telugu (Dravidian), ...
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Frans Plank · 21 Sep 2006
Is perhaps not really so uncommon: also found in northern dialects of British
English, Schwyzertüütsch, Southeast Norwegian (Germanic, IE), Bengali, Assamese, Oriya, Punjabi (Indo-Aryan, IE), Telugu (Dravidian), ...