The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Nahuatl pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA}}.

Phoneme Spelling English approximation
Consonants[1]
Nemachiyōtīlli:IPAlink h[2] the catch in "uh-oh"
Nemachiyōtīlli:IPAlink y yellow
Nemachiyōtīlli:IPAlink qu,[3] c[4] scan
Nemachiyōtīlli:IPAlink cu,[5] uc[4] squall
Nemachiyōtīlli:IPAlink l[2] clear l as in leave (not dark L as in "dull")
Nemachiyōtīlli:IPAlink l (before a voiceless consonant) Welsh llwyd
Nemachiyōtīlli:IPAlink m man
Nemachiyōtīlli:IPAlink n[6] nose
Nemachiyōtīlli:IPAlink p span
Nemachiyōtīlli:IPAlink c,[3] z[4] sack
Nemachiyōtīlli:IPAlink x shoe
Nemachiyōtīlli:IPAlink t stand
Nemachiyōtīlli:IPAlink tl stop + Welsh llwyd
Nemachiyōtīlli:IPAlink ch choo
Nemachiyōtīlli:IPAlink tz cats
Nemachiyōtīlli:IPAlink hu[5], uh[4] witch
Nemachiyōtīlli:IPAlink hu[5], uh[4] which (as "hwich")
Phoneme Spelling English approximation
Vowels
Nemachiyōtīlli:IPAlink a bra
Nemachiyōtīlli:IPAlink ā (long a)
Nemachiyōtīlli:IPAlink e met
Nemachiyōtīlli:IPAlink ē mate
Nemachiyōtīlli:IPAlink i city
Nemachiyōtīlli:IPAlink ī see
Nemachiyōtīlli:IPAlink o go[7]
Nemachiyōtīlli:IPAlink ō go
Stress
[ˈ] Primary stress[8] Placed immediately before the stressed syllable.
Modern & Variant Orthography[9]
Modern Variant
Huītzilopōchtli, xiuhpōhualli Vītzilopōchtli, xiuhpōvalli
huīpīlli, huei teocalli uīpīlli, uei teocalli
aztecah, azo, zaoc, za açtecah, aço, çaoc, ça
iyo, in, ipan, itzcuīntli yyo, yn, ypan, ytzcuīntli
cuahuitl, macuahuitl quahuitl, maquahuitl
tlahtohqueh tlàtòquê

Amoxmeh

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  • Andrews, J. Richard (2003). "Introduction to classical Nahuatl" (rev. ed.). Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 24–38. ISBN 0-8061-3452-6. 
  • Karttunen, Frances (1992). "An analytical dictionary of Nahuatl". Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-2421-0. 
  • Launey, Michel (2011). Mackay, Christopher, ed. "An Introduction to Classical Nahuatl". Cambridge University Press. pp. 4–5. 
  • Lockhart, James (2001). "Nahuatl as written: lessons in older written Nahuatl, with copious examples and texts" (Orig. print ed.). Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press [u.a.] ISBN 0-8047-4282-0. 

Amoxtemolistli

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  1. Consonants can be geminated, including [/l/] (spelled as ll, but not pronounced as in Spanish) (Andrews 2003, p. 33).
  2. 2,0 2,1 No Nahuatl word begins with [/l/] or [/ʔ/] (Andrews 2003, p. 29; Karttunen 1992, p. XI).
  3. 3,0 3,1 Before e and i.
  4. 4,0 4,1 4,2 4,3 4,4 All other cases.
  5. 5,0 5,1 5,2 Before vowels.
  6. [/n/] is Nahuatl's most weakly pronounced consonant (Lockhart 2001, p. 112).
  7. The Nahuatl [/o/] is different from every English vowel, but the nearest equivalents are the vowel of coat (for most English dialects) and the vowel of saw.
  8. Primary stress is nearly always occurs on the penultimate (second to last) syllable. The only exception is vocative forms, in which case the final syllable is stressed.
  9. Andrews 2003, p. 655-658