Sierra Puebla Nahuatl is one of the Eastern Peripheral varieties of Nahuatl, spoken by ethnic Nahua people in northwestern Puebla state in Mexico.
Sierra Puebla Nahuatl | |
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masehual tla’tol (ncj) | |
Native to | México |
Region | Puebla |
Native speakers | (200,000 cited 1983–2007)[1] |
Uto-Aztecan
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Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:azz – Highland Puebla Nahuatl (Zacapoaxtla)ncj – Northern Puebla Nahuatl (Naupan)nhi – Tenango Nahuatl (Zacatlán–Ahuacatlán–Tepetzintla) |
Glottolog | high1278 Highland Pueblanort2957 Northern Pueblazaca1241 Zacatlan–Ahuacatlan–Tepetzintla |
ELP | Eastern Nahua ([azz)] |
Phonology
editThe following description is that of the Sierra Puebla dialects:[2][3]
Consonants
editLabial | 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
editFront | 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
edit- ^ Highland Puebla Nahuatl (Zacapoaxtla) at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Northern Puebla Nahuatl (Naupan) at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Tenango Nahuatl (Zacatlán–Ahuacatlán–Tepetzintla) at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) - ^ Key, Harold & Mary R. (1953). The phonemes of Sierra Nahuat. International Journal of American Linguistics 19. pp. 53–56.
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External links
edit- Mary Ritchie Key. "Nahuatl (Sierra de Zacapoaxtla), thematic wordlist". The Intercontinental Dictionary Series.
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