Pisaflores Tepehua

Pisaflores Tepehua is a Tepehua language of Veracruz, Mexico. It is spoken in the towns of Ixhuatlán de Madero and Pisaflores.

Phonotactics
Pisaflores Tepehua syllable structure is summarized by MacKay and Treschel (2013) as:


 * C$1$ (C$2$) V (C$3$ (C$4$))

That is, Pisaflores Tepehua syllables must start with a consonant or two-consonant cluster, have one vowel sound, and may end without consonants or with a consonant or two-consonant cluster.

Phonological restrictions apply:


 * Onset
 * C$1$ can be any consonant
 * C$2$ can only exist if and only if C$1$ is a fricative (/s/, /ɕ/, /ɬ/)
 * C$2$ cannot be a fricative or affricate (/s/, /ɕ/, /ɬ/, /ts/, /tɕ/, /tsʼ/, /tɕʼ/)
 * If C$1$ = /ɬ/, then C$2$ cannot be a lateral (/ɬ/, /l/)
 * Nucleus
 * V can be any vowel, long or short
 * Coda
 * C$3$ can be any consonant that is not an affricate (/ts/, /tɕ/, /tsʼ/, /tɕʼ/)
 * C$3$ can be a bilabial stop (/p/, /pʼ/) in syllable-final positions, but never in word-final positions
 * C$4$ can only exist if and only if C$3$ = /k/ or C$3$ = /ʔ/
 * C$4$ can only be /s/, /ɕ/, or /ɬ/ if C$3$ = /k/
 * C$4$ can only be /s/ or /ɕ/ if C$3$ = /ʔ/