taalgemeenschappen
Syllables
taal-ge-meen-schap-pen
Pronunciation
/ˈtaːlɣəˌmeːnʃaːpən/
Stress
01000
Morphemes
taal, gemeen + -schap-en
The word 'taalgemeenschappen' is a compound noun meaning 'language communities'. It is syllabified as taal-ge-meen-schap-pen, with primary stress on 'meen'. The syllabification follows Dutch rules of onset maximization and vowel-centric syllables. The word is morphologically composed of roots 'taal' and 'gemeen' and suffixes '-schap' and '-en'.
Definitions
- 1
Groups of people who share a common language.
Language communities
“De taalgemeenschappen in Nederland zijn divers.”
“Het beleid is gericht op het ondersteunen van taalgemeenschappen.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable 'meen', indicated by '1'. Other syllables are unstressed ('0').
Syllables
taal — Open syllable, containing a long vowel /aː/ and a voiced alveolar lateral consonant /l/.. ge — Closed syllable, containing a voiced velar fricative /ɣ/ and a schwa /ə/.. meen — Open syllable, containing a long vowel /eː/ and a nasal consonant /n/. Primary stressed syllable.. schap — Open syllable, containing a voiceless postalveolar fricative /ʃ/, a long vowel /aː/, and a voiced bilabial stop /p/.. pen — Closed syllable, containing a voiced bilabial stop /p/ and a schwa /ə/.
Word Parts
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Onset Maximization
Dutch syllabification prioritizes including as many consonants as possible in the onset of a syllable.
Vowel-Centric Syllables
Each syllable must contain a vowel sound.
Penultimate Stress
Primary stress typically falls on the second-to-last syllable in Dutch words.
- The 'sch' cluster is treated as a single phoneme /ʃ/ and is not broken up during syllabification.
- Vowel reduction (schwa-like sounds) can occur in unstressed syllables.
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