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2 Phonology  



2.1  Vowels  





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3 Writing system  





4 Grammar  





5 References  





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Isthmus Nahuatl
melaꞌtájto̱l
Native toMexico
RegionVeracruz, Tabasco

Native speakers

(39,000 cited 1990–2000)[1]

Language family

Uto-Aztecan

Writing system

Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
nhk – Cosoleacaque
nhx – Mecayapan
nhp – Pajapan
Glottologisth1245
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Isthmus Nahuatl (Isthmus Nahuat; native name: melaꞌtájto̱l) is a Nahuatl dialect cluster spoken by about 30,000 people in Veracruz, Mexico. According to Ethnologue 16, the Cosoleacaque dialect is 84% intelligible with Pajapan, and 83% intelligible with Mecayapan.

Communities

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It is spoken in the following Veracruzan communities:[2]

Phonology

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The following description is that of Mecayapan dialect.

Vowels

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Front back
Close i o
Mid e
Open a

Consonants

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Labial Dental Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ
Plosive voiceless p t k ʔ
voiced b d ɡ
Affricate voiceless ts
voiced (dz[a]) ()
Fricative voiceless s ʃ h
voiced z (ʒ[a])
Approximant l j w
Rhotic r
  1. ^ a b Occur only as allophones.

Writing system

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A a B b C c Ch ch D d E e F f G g H h I i J j K k L l
/a/ /b/ /k/ /tʃ/ /d/ /e/ /ɡ/ /i j/ /h/ /k/ /l/
M m N n O o P p Q q R r S s T t U u V v X x Y y Z z
/m/ /n/ /o/ /p/ /k/ /r/ /s/ /t/ /w/ /ʃ/ /j/ /ʔ/

H is used at the beginnings of words before u, and has no value of its own. C is used to represent /k/ before the vowels a and o, while qu is used before i and e.

Amacron under the letter (, , , ) is used to mark long vowels.

Stress on the second-last syllable of a word that does not end in lorr, and stress on the last syllable of a word that does end in lorr, is unmarked. All other stress patterns are marked with an acute accent on the stressed vowel (á, é, í, ó).

The letters f, k, v and z occur only in loanwords.

Grammar

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This variety of Nahuatl has developed a distinction between inclusive and exclusive "we", which Classical Nahuatl and other modern forms of Nahuatl lack. The exclusive form is regularly derived from the first person singular ("I"), while the inclusive continues the suppletive first person plural of Classical Nahuatl.

Classical Isthmus-Mecayapan
1st person singular niquīsa "I leave" niqui̱sa "I leave" 1st person singular
niqui̱saj "We (not you) leave" 1st person plural exclusive
1st person plural tiquīsaj "We leave" tiqui̱saj "We (including you) leave" 1st person plural inclusive

References

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  1. ^ CosoleacaqueatEthnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
    MecayapanatEthnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
    PajapanatEthnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  • ^ "Catálogo de las Lenguas Indígenas Nacionales".
  • Bibliography

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