Nahuatl was the language of the Aztecs in the valley of Mexico, spoken at the time when the Spanish came and took over. It is now technically an extinct language, but was preserved in lots of classical writings. We include it because it sounds so cool, and a lot of our words like chocolate and coyote come directly from here.
Here are the 11 fundamental consonants used when speaking Nahuatl.
For a complete list of possible consonants a human voice might make while speaking a natural language, check out the consonants page.
This language has labialized consonants.
| bilabial | labiodental | dental | alveolar | postalveolar | retroflex | velar | uvular | pharyngeal | glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| voiced nasal | |||||||||||
| quiet plosive | |||||||||||
| quiet labialized plosive | |||||||||||
| quiet sibilant fricative | |||||||||||
| quiet lateral fricative | |||||||||||
| voiced lateral approximant | |||||||||||
| quiet lateral approximant |
These are the 4 base vowels used when speaking Nahuatl.
Also, a complete list of possible vowels a human voice might make while speaking can be found here.
| manner | front unrounded | front rounded | front central unrounded | front central rounded | central unrounded | central rounded | back central unrounded | back central rounded | back unrounded | back rounded | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| close | |||||||||||
| close-mid | |||||||||||
| open |