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Selected languages: | Nahuatl |
UPSID number: | 6762 |
Alternate name(s): | N/A |
Classification: | N. American, Uto-Aztecan |
The languages has | 20 segments |
Frequency index: | N/A |
Sounds: | [p] [t̪] [kʷ] [k] [ʔ] [s] [ʃ] [tɬ] [ts] [tʃ] [l] [ɸ̞] [β̞] [j] [m] [n̪] [i] [o̞] [ɛ] [ä] |
Comments: | North Puebla dialect. Vowels appear both long |
Sources: | Brockway, E. 1963. The phonemes of North Puebla Nahuatl. Law, H. 1955. The phonemes of Isthmus Nahuat. El Mexico Schumann, O., Garcia de Leon, A. 1966. El dialecto nahual |