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Sierra Puebla Nahuatl is one of the Eastern Peripheral varieties of Nahuatl, spoken by ethnic Nahua people in northwestern Puebla state in Mexico.

Phonology

The following description is that of the Sierra Puebla dialects:[2][3]

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
central lateral plain labial
Nasal m n
Plosive voiceless p t k kʷ ʔ
voiced ɡ
Affricate ts tɬ tʃ
Fricative s ʃ h
Approximant voiced l j w
voiceless (w̥)
  • /t, n, l/ may also freely be heard as dental [t̪, n̪, l̪] among dialects.
  • /n/ can be heard as [ŋ] when before velar consonants.
  • /w̥/ is of limited distribution.

Vowels

Front Back
High i iː
Mid e eː o oː
Low a aː
  • Short vowels /i, e/ may vary freely to [ɪ, ɛ].
  • /a/ may be heard as [ɔ] when before /w/.

References

  1. ^ Highland Puebla Nahuatl (Zacapoaxtla) at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
    Northern Puebla Nahuatl (Naupan) at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
    Tenango Nahuatl (Zacatlán–Ahuacatlán–Tepetzintla) at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Key, Harold & Mary R. (1953). The phonemes of Sierra Nahuat. International Journal of American Linguistics 19. pp. 53–56.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Brockway, Earl (1963). The Phonemes of North Puebla Nahuatl. Anthropological Linguistics 5. pp. 14–18.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

External links


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Puebla_Nahuatl