Help:IPA/Nahuatl

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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |{{IPAlink|h}}⟨h⟩ is pronounced [h] in Huasteca and Orizaba Nahuatl in the middle of a word and [ç] when it comes before ⟨y⟩.

|tlahtōlli, ahki, ehēkatl, ihīya

|{{abbr|nci|Classical Nahuatl}}: uh-oh

{{abbr|nhe|Huasteca Nahuatl}} & {{abbr|nlv|Orizaba Nahuatl}}: ahead

| yāōtl, yōllōtl, āmēyalli

| yellow

| style="text-align:center;" | {{IPAlink|h}}⟨k⟩ is pronounced [h] in Huasteca Nahuatl only when it comes before another ⟨k⟩ or it represents a third person singular specific object prefix and is followed by a consonant. Second ⟨k⟩ may be pronounced as [h] too.

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | {{IPAlink|k}}⟨k⟩ is pronounced [k] in Orizaba Nahuatl. There may be variation with [kʼ]~[kʰ].

|tikchīwah, niknōtsas

|{{abbr|nci|Classical Nahuatl}} & {{abbr|nlv|Orizaba Nahuatl}}: scan

{{abbr|nhe|Huasteca Nahuatl}}: ahead

| kōlōtl, kalli, kēski, ātōyāk

|scan

| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |{{IPAlink|k}}⟨kw⟩ is pronounced [k] in Huasteca and Orizaba Nahuatl before another consonant. In Huasteca, when it comes before a ⟨k⟩, it is pronounced [h].

|tēkwtli, nekwtli

|{{abbr|nci|Classical Nahuatl}}: squall

{{abbr|nhe|Huasteca Nahuatl}} & {{abbr|nlv|Orizaba Nahuatl}}: scan

| kwalli, mokwi, kwetlaxtli

|squall

|lichīnia, alaxox, pīwilia

|clear l as in leave

|mātlālki, nokal, axkwallākatl

| Welsh llwyd

| mistli, kōmitl, kwamekatl

| man

| nāntsin, nemi, kanah

| nose

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| style="text-align:center;" | {{IPAlink|ŋ}}⟨n⟩ is pronounced [ŋ] in Orizaba Nahuatl at the end of a word.

|inōn, tlālpan, Āmatitlan

|{{abbr|nci|Classical Nahuatl}}: Welsh fy nhad

{{abbr|nlv|Orizaba Nahuatl}}: sing

|kenke, tlanki, Tōllāntsinko

|sing

| pitsotl, nopa, wīptla

| span

| sōlin, tlasalōlli, mōstla

| sack

| xowitl, kaxitl, xāmitl, Xālīxko

| shoe

| tīsatl, tlākatki, moīxtēnno

| stand

| tlālli, tlitl, chīchīwalātl

| stop + Welsh llwyd (pronouncing both simultaneously will produce a clicking sound)

| chāntli, tōchin, chokolātl

| choo

| tsahtsi, tsotso, wītsilin

| cats

| style="text-align:center;" | {{IPAlink|β}}⟨w⟩ is pronounced [β] in Orizaba Nahuatl before a vowel but never after ⟨h⟩ or ⟨l⟩. There may be variation with [w]~[v].

|kichīwa, mēwa, kitlapōwia

|{{abbr|nci|Classical Nahuatl}} & {{abbr|nhe|Huasteca Nahuatl}}: witch

{{abbr|nlv|Orizaba Nahuatl}}: van

| ihwitl, yehwān, ilwitl, nokalwan

|{{abbr|nci|Classical Nahuatl}} & {{abbr|nhe|Huasteca Nahuatl}}: witch

{{abbr|nlv|Orizaba Nahuatl}}: leaf

| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |{{IPAlink|h}}⟨w⟩ is always pronounced [h] in Huasteca and Orizaba Nahuatl when it is before another consonant or at the end of a word.

| tōnatiw, kwāwtli, mochīwkeh

| {{abbr|nci|Classical Nahuatl}}: which (as "hwich")

{{abbr|nhe|Huasteca Nahuatl}} & {{abbr|nlv|Orizaba Nahuatl}}: ahead

|botōntik, bokōl

|about

|ēbofotōn, hoēbes

|about, but without lips completely closed

|desfilāroa, dīskoh

|today

|presidēnteh

|this

|fōlsahyōtl, fiolin, fiērohtik, kafēn

|leaf

|gayētah, teposgarrōteh

|again

|kastigāroa, kigānchohwia

|again, but without the tongue touching the roof of the mouth

|kwamonyēkoh, pinyātah

|canyon

|wirrīni, rerrechoka

|trilled r

|rowēnteh, pohreāroh

|atom (with flapping)

|astatl, kalli

|between fat and fatherCloser to fat in most British and Irish accents; closer to father in most North American, Australian and New Zealand accents.(short)

|āmatl, siwātl

|between fat and father (long)

|epatl, metl

|length

|ēli, mētstli

| fairy

| itskwīntli, xilin

| city

| īpanpa, tomīn

| see

| nokka, tolōntik

| story (short)

| ōllama, mōlli

| story (long)

! colspan="5" | Stress

| colspan="4" | Primary stressPrimary stress nearly always occurs on the penultimate (second to last) syllable. The only exceptions are vocative forms, in which case the final syllable is stressed, and words composed of two monosyllables. In Orizaba Nahuatl there are many words that stress the antepenultimate syllable, when the root of the nouns is two syllables or more and ends in a consonant. Placed immediately before the stressed syllable.

|wāki {{IPA|[ˈwaːkɪˀ]}}

| colspan="2" |Glottal stopAll ending vowels are pronounced with a glottal stop. This is not to be confused with the midword glottal stop found in Classical, which is written with ⟨h⟩.

|xālloh {{IPA|[ˈʃaːlːoo̥]}}

| colspan="2" |Devoiced vowelThis only occurs with final ⟨h⟩ if it is the plural suffix of verbs in present tense, the plural suffix of nouns, the plural suffix of the preterite tense and of agentive nouns, the ending of the preterite nucleus of class 3 verbs (including agentive nouns), and the end of Spanish loanwords that end in a vowel.

|Tōllān {{IPA|[ˈtoːlːãː]}}

| colspan="2" |Nasal vowelNasalization only occurs when a word ends with ⟨n⟩ in Huasteca Nahuatl.

|tlahtoāni {{IPA|[t͡ɬahtu(w)aːnɪˀ]}}

| colspan="2" |Optional soundThis occurs mainly with words ending in -ia / -iya and -oa / -owa, where phonemes [j] and [w] may disappear (this depends on the variant, region and speaker).

| style="text-align:center;" |tlajtojkej

| style="text-align:center;" |tlahtohqueh

| style="text-align:center;" |tlàtòquê

| style="text-align:center;" |teokali, keman

| style="text-align:center;" |teōcalli, quēmman

| style="text-align:center;" |teōcalli, quēnman

| style="text-align:center;" |neuktsin, majkuauitl

| style="text-align:center;" |neuctzin, māccuahuitl

| style="text-align:center;" |neuctzin, mācquahuitl

| style="text-align:center;" |astekaj, ajso, sintli

| style="text-align:center;" |aztēcah, ahzo, cintli

| style="text-align:center;" |aztēcâ, àço, cintli

| style="text-align:center;" |Uitsilopochtli, xiujpouali

| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Huītzilōpōchtli, xiuhpōhualli