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Labial
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Laryngeal
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Alveolar
Palato-alveolar
Retroflex
Palatal
Velar
Uvular
Pharyngeal
Epi-glottal
Glottal
Plosive
p                         k      
 
 
 
 
ʔ
 
Affricates
            ts                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lateral affricates
                                 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
  m                              
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
                           
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
Tap, Flap
                                               
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                   
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
            s   ʃ                              
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                           
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
ɸ̞ β̞                       j                    
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
      l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Front
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Close
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Open
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:
Comments:

North Puebla dialect. Vowels appear both long
and short.

Sources:

Brockway, E. 1963. The phonemes of North Puebla Nahuatl.
Anthropological Linguistics 5.3:14-18.

Law, H. 1955. The phonemes of Isthmus Nahuat. El Mexico
Antiguo 8:267-278.

Schumann, O., Garcia de Leon, A. 1966. El dialecto nahual
de Almomoloa. Tlalocan 5:178-192.