Tlachichilco Tepehua

Tlachichilco Tepehua
Tlachichilco Tepehua
West Tepehua
Native to	Mexico
Region	Veracruz
Native speakers	(3,000 cited 1990)
Language family	Totonacan Tepehua Tlachichilco Tepehua; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tpt
Glottolog	tlac1235
ELP	Tlachichilco Tepehua

Last updated January 02, 2026

Tlachichilco Tepehua is a Tepehua language of Veracruz, Mexico.

Phonology

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i iː		u uː
Mid	e eː		o oː
Open		a aː

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar		Alveolo- palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
		Labial	median	lateral	Alveolo- palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal		m	n
Plosive	voiceless	p	t			k	q	ʔ
Plosive	ejective	pʼ	tʼ			kʼ	(qʼ)	ʔ
Affricate	voiceless		t͡s		t͡ɕ
Affricate	ejective		t͡sʼ		t͡ɕʼ
Rhotic			(ɾ, r)
Fricative			s	ɬ	ɕ			h
Approximant		w		l	j

The uvular ejective [qʼ] is only phonemically present in other dialects.
Rhotic sounds [ɾ, r] only occur from either Spanish loan words or onomatopoetic words.^[2]

References

↑ Tlachichilco Tepehua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ Watters, James K. (1988). Topics in Tepehua Grammar. Ann Arbor: UMI. pp. 487–501.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)

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[e18-1] Tlachichilco Tepehua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Watters, James K. (1988). Topics in Tepehua Grammar. Ann Arbor: UMI. pp. 487–501.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)

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Tlachichilco Tepehua

Contents

Phonology

Vowels

Consonants

References