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Tepehua language of Veracruz, Mexico
Tlachichilco Tepehua
West Tepehua
Native toMexico
RegionVeracruz
Native speakers(3,000 cited 1990)
Language familyTotonacan
Language codes
ISO 639-3tpt
Glottologtlac1235
ELPTlachichilco Tepehua

Tlachichilco Tepehua is a Tepehua language of Veracruz, Mexico.

Phonology

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i iː u uː
Mid e eː o oː
Open a aː

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Alveolo-
palatal 		Velar Uvular Glottal
central lateral
Nasal m n
Plosive voiceless p t k q ʔ
ejective pʼ tʼ kʼ (qʼ)
Affricate voiceless t͡s t͡ɕ
ejective t͡sʼ t͡ɕʼ
Rhotic (ɾ, r)
Fricative s ɬ ɕ h
Approximant w l j
  • The uvular ejective is only phonemically present in other dialects.
  • Rhotic sounds only occur from either Spanish loan words or onomatopoetic words.

References

  1. Tlachichilco Tepehua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Watters, James K. (1988). Topics in Tepehua Grammar. Ann Arbor: UMI. pp. 487–501.
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