Nahuatl
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English is an Aztecan language, spoken by the Aztecs and their descendants in Mexico.
Phonology
Consonants
Bilabial | Alveolar | Lateral Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
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Stops | p | t | c (k) | h (ʔ ?) | |||
Affricates | tz (ts t_s) | tl (tˡɬ t_l_K) | ch (tʃ t_S) | ||||
Fricatives | z (s) | l (ɬ K) | x (ʃ S) | ||||
Nasals | m | n | |||||
Semi-vowels | y (j) | hu (w) |
- /w/ is spelt uh syllable-finally.
- /kw/ is spelt cu, or uc syllable-finally.
- /s/ before i or e is spelt c, and z elsewhere
- /k/ before i or e is spelt qu, and c elsewhere
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