Pisaflores Tepehua is a Tepehua language of Veracruz, Mexico. It is spoken in the towns of Ixhuatlán de Madero and Pisaflores.^[2]

Phonology

Consonants

Vowels

Phonotactics

Pisaflores Tepehua syllable structure is summarized by MacKay and Treschel (2013) as:^[3]

• C₁ (C₂) V (C₃ (C₄))

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
  1. C₁ can be any consonant
  2. C₂ can only exist if and only if C₁ is a fricative (/s/, /ɕ/, /ɬ/)
  3. C₂ cannot be a fricative or affricate (/s/, /ɕ/, /ɬ/, /ts/, /tɕ/, /tsʼ/, /tɕʼ/)
  4. If C₁ = /ɬ/, then C₂ cannot be a lateral (/ɬ/, /l/)

• Nucleus
  1. V can be any vowel, long or short

• Coda
  1. C₃ can be any consonant that is not an affricate (/ts/, /tɕ/, /tsʼ/, /tɕʼ/)
  2. C₃ can be a bilabial stop (/p/, /pʼ/) in syllable-final positions, but never in word-final positions
  3. C₄ can only exist if and only if C₃ = /k/ or C₃ = /ʔ/
  4. C₄ can only be /s/, /ɕ/, or /ɬ/ if C₃ = /k/
  5. C₄ can only be /s/ or /ɕ/ if C₃ = /ʔ/