Sierra Puebla Nahuatl Explained

Sierra Puebla Nahuatl
Nativename:	masehual tla’tol (ncj)
Region:	Puebla
Date:	1983–2007
Ref:	e25
Script:	Latin
Familycolor:	Uto-Aztecan
Fam1:	Uto-Aztecan
Fam2:	Aztecan (Nahuan)
Fam3:	Nahuatl
Fam4:	Eastern Peripheral Nahuatl
Lc1:	azz
Ld1:	Highland Puebla Nahuatl (Zacapoaxtla)
Lc2:	ncj
Ld2:	Northern Puebla Nahuatl (Naupan)
Lc3:	nhi
Ld3:	Tenango Nahuatl (Zacatlán–Ahuacatlán–Tepetzintla)
Glotto:	high1278
Glottoname:	Highland Puebla
Glottorefname:	Highland Puebla Nahuatl
Glotto2:	nort2957
Glottoname2:	Northern Puebla
Glottorefname2:	Northern Puebla Nahuatl
Glotto3:	zaca1241
Glottoname3:	Zacatlan–Ahuacatlan–Tepetzintla
Glottorefname3:	Zacatlan–Ahuacatlan–Tepetzintla Nahuatl
Elp:	3885
Elpname:	Eastern Nahua ([azz])

Sierra Puebla Nahuatl is one of the Eastern Peripheral varieties of Nahuatl, spoken by ethnic Nahua people in northwestern Puebla state in Mexico.

Phonology

The following description is that of the Sierra Puebla dialects:^{[1] [2]}

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar		Palatal	Velar		Glottal
			central	lateral		plain	labial
Nasal		pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/
Plosive	voiceless	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/			pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/
	voiced					pronounced as /link/
Affricate			pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/
Fricative			pronounced as /link/		pronounced as /link/			pronounced as /link/
Approximant	voiced			pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/		pronounced as /link/
	voiceless						(pronounced as /link/)

• /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

	Front	Back
High	pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Mid	pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Low	pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/

• Short vowels /i, e/ may vary freely to [ɪ, ɛ].
• /a/ may be heard as [ɔ] when before /w/.

External links

• Web site: Mary Ritchie Key. Nahuatl (Sierra de Zacapoaxtla), thematic wordlist. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series.

Notes and References

1. Book: Key, Harold & Mary R. . The phonemes of Sierra Nahuat . 1953 . International Journal of American Linguistics 19 . 53–56.
2. Book: Brockway, Earl . The Phonemes of North Puebla Nahuatl . 1963 . Anthropological Linguistics 5 . 14–18.