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 p           t               k kʷ      
 
 
 
 
 ʔ
 
Ejective stops
             tʼ               kʷʼ kʼ      
 
 
 
 
 
 
Affricates
             ts   tʃ                  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ejective affricates
             tsʼ   tʃʼ                  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
   m           n                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Tap, Flap
                                                
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
   β     θ       ʃ                           h  
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                            
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
   β̞               ɹ̠                            
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
       l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Selected languages: Huasteco
UPSID number: 6776
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: N. American, Penutian
The languages has 26 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds: [p] [t] [kʷ] [k] [ʔ] [tʼ] [kʷʼ] [kʼ] [ʃ] [β] [θ] [ts] [tʃ] [tsʼ] [tʃʼ] [l] [β̞] [ɹ̠] [m] [n] [i] [u] [e̞] [o̞] [ä] [h]
Comments:

Huastec is spoken primarily in Veracruz and San
Luis Potosi states, Mexico, some distance from other Mayan
languages. It has stress but no tone. Vowels may occur
long and short. Labialized velars do not occur before
rounded vowels. Additional segments are found in Spanish
loans.
Sources:

Larsen, R.S. and Pike, E.V. 1949. Huasteco intonations and
phonemes. Language 25: 268-277.

Peralta, M-A.O. 1984. El Idioma Huasteco de Xiloxuchil,
Veracruz. Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia.