Pisaflores Tepehua
Pisaflores Tepehua is a Tepehua language of Veracruz, Mexico. It is spoken in the towns of Ixhuatlán de Madero and Pisaflores.
Phonology
Phonotactics
Pisaflores Tepehua syllable structure is summarized by MacKay and Treschel as:- C V
Phonological restrictions apply:
- Onset
- # C can be any consonant
- # C can only exist if and only if C is a fricative
- # C cannot be a fricative or affricate
- # If C = /ɬ/, then C cannot be a lateral
- Nucleus
- # V can be any vowel, long or short
- Coda
- # C can be any consonant that is not an affricate
- # C can be a bilabial stop in syllable-final positions, but never in word-final positions
- # C can only exist if and only if C = /k/ or C = /ʔ/
- # C can only be /s/, /ɕ/, or /ɬ/ if C = /k/
- # C can only be /s/ or /ɕ/ if C = /ʔ/