Pisaflores Tepehua
Pisaflores Tepehua is a Tepehua language of Veracruz, Mexico. It is spoken in the towns of Ixhuatlán de Madero and Pisaflores.Phonology
Consonants
Vowels
Phonotactics
Pisaflores Tepehua syllable structure is summarized by MacKay and Treschel as:
That is, Pisaflores Tepehua syllables must start with a consonant or two-consonant cluster, have one vowel sound, and may end without consonants or with a consonant or two-consonant cluster.
Phonological restrictions apply:
- Onset
- # C can be any consonant
- # C can only exist if and only if C is a fricative
- # C cannot be a fricative or affricate
- # If C = /ɬ/, then C cannot be a lateral
- Nucleus
- # V can be any vowel, long or short
- Coda
- # C can be any consonant that is not an affricate
- # C can be a bilabial stop in syllable-final positions, but never in word-final positions
- # C can only exist if and only if C = /k/ or C = /ʔ/
- # C can only be /s/, /ɕ/, or /ɬ/ if C = /k/
- # C can only be /s/ or /ɕ/ if C = /ʔ/
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