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Tlachichilco Tepehua

Tepehua language of Veracruz, Mexico From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tlachichilco Tepehua is a Tepehua language of Veracruz, Mexico.

NativetoMexico
RegionVeracruz
Native speakers
(3,000 cited 1990)[1]
Totonacan
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Tlachichilco Tepehua
West Tepehua
Native toMexico
RegionVeracruz
Native speakers
(3,000 cited 1990)[1]
Totonacan
Language codes
ISO 639-3tpt
Glottologtlac1235
ELPTlachichilco Tepehua
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Phonology

Vowels

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

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Labial Alveolar Alveolo-
palatal		 Velar Uvular Glottal
median 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
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  • The uvular ejective [qʼ] is only phonemically present in other dialects.
  • Rhotic sounds [ɾ, r] only occur from either Spanish loan words or onomatopoetic words.[2]

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