Abstract
Pisaflores Tepehua is an endangered language spoken by roughly 2,500 people in the state of Veracruz in Mexico. It is one of three Tepehua languages which belong to the Totonac-Tepehua language family. This paper provides a description of Pisaflores Tepehua phonology, focusing on the phonemic inventory, allophonic variation, phonological processes, syllable structure, and stress assignment. Numerous examples are included to facilitate the use of this description by both linguists and non-linguists. Morphophonological rules are provided which allow the reader to better understand not only the phonological processes but also the morphophonemics of the language. Little has been published about the Tepehua languages; this description highlights some of the most interesting aspects of Pisaflores Tepehua phonology.[Keywords: Pisaflores Tepehua, phonology, Totonac-Tepehua language family, syllable structure, stress]
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