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Vowels are "Pure Vowels", meaning that they sound how they would in Spanish or Japanese. Example: noteco "my lord" Wrong: no-te-kou "English Pronunciation" Correct: no-te-ko " Spanish Pronunciation" There is no /u/ sound in Nahuatl, sort of. /o/ & /u/, are variations of the same sound. Pipil Language from El Salvador prefer the /u/ Classic Nahuatl uses /u/ as a constant /w/, writing "ueyi" instead of "weyi". Spanish had no letter /w/ in the 1500s. /x/ is pronounced "sh"

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Letter “a” - Give an Example & Meaning

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atl - water

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Letter “e” - Give an Example & Meaning

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etl - bean

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Letter “i” - Give an Example & Meaning

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ichkatl - cotton

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Letter “o” - Give an Example & Meaning

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ohtli - road

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Letter “ch” - Give an Example & Meaning

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chawistli - plague, aphids

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Letter “h” - Give an Example & Meaning

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ehekatl - wind

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Letter “k” - Give an Example & Meaning

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kakaoh - cacao

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Letter “kw” - Give an Example & Meaning

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kwawitl - tree, stick

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Letter “l” - Give an Example & Meaning

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lemeni - It flames

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Letter “m” - Give an Example & Meaning

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tomin - money

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Letter “n” - Give an Example & Meaning

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nesi - It appears

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Letter “p” - Give an Example & Meaning

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pamitl - row

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Letter “s” - Give an Example & Meaning

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se - one

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Letter “t” - Give an Example & Meaning

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tokatl - spider

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Letter “tl” - Give an Example & Meaning

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tlalli - land, earth

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Letter “ts” - Give an Example & Meaning

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tsapotl - sapote fruit

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Letter “w” - Give an Example & Meaning

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weyi - big

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Letter “x” - Give an Example & Meaning

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xoxoktik - green

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Letter “y” - Give an Example & Meaning

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yayawik - black

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Introduction

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Vowels are “Pure Vowels”, meaning that they sound how they would in Spanish or Japanese.

Example: noteco “my lord”
Wrong: no-te-kou “English Pronunciation”
Correct: no-te-ko “ Spanish Pronunciation”

There is no /u/ sound in Nahuatl, sort of.
/o/ & /u/, are variations of the same sound.
Pipil Language from El Salvador prefer the /u/

Classic Nahuatl uses /u/ as a constant /w/, writing
“ueyi” instead of “weyi”. Spanish had no letter /w/ in the 1500s.

/x/ is pronounced “sh”
Example Mexico is pronounced “me-shi-ko”
Not, mek-si-kow

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