मुक्त ज्ञानकोश विकिपीडिया से
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Nahuatl pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
| IPA |
Examples |
English equivalent
|
| Consonants
|
| ʔ
|
h
|
the catch in oh-oh; sometimes h[1]
|
| j
|
y
|
y
|
| k
|
ca, co, que, qui
|
scan
|
| kʷ
|
cu, uc
|
squeak
|
| l
|
l
|
leave
|
| lː
|
ll
|
will leave
|
| ɬ
|
l [2]
|
play (or Welsh ‹ll›)
|
| m
|
m
|
m
|
| n
|
n
|
n
|
| ŋ
|
nc, nqu
|
sink
|
| p
|
p
|
span
|
| s
|
s, or za, zo, ce, ci
|
sack
|
| ʃ
|
x, y [2]
|
shoe
|
| t
|
t
|
stand
|
| tɬ
|
tl
|
at least[3]
|
| tʃ
|
ch
|
choo
|
| ts
|
tz
|
cats
|
| w
|
hu, uh
|
w
|
| ʍ
|
hu, uh [2]
|
which, hitch[1]
|
|
| IPA
|
Examples |
English equivalent
|
| Vowels
|
| a
|
a
|
bra
|
| aː
|
ā
|
(long a)
|
| e
|
e
|
met
|
| eː
|
ē
|
pay
|
| i
|
i
|
sit
|
| iː
|
ī
|
see
|
| o
|
o
|
pole
|
| oː
|
ō
|
(long o)
|
| Stress
|
| ˈ
|
Primary stress on penultimate syllable (placed before the stressed syllable)
|
|
- ↑ अ आ In some dialects, /ʔ/ or [ʍ] or both are pronounced [h].
- ↑ अ आ इ Before all voiceless consonants: [p], [t], [tɬ], [ts], [tʃ], [s], [ʃ], [k], [kʷ], and at the ends of words
- ↑ [tɬ] is the Classical pronunciation of tl, retained in some modern dialects. In others, it has come to be pronounced [ɬ] or [t]
