Nahuatl <z> as in <Tezcatlipoca>

[Gordon Whittaker]

Dear Craig,

No. Wherever you see a Nahuatl <z> you can safely pronounce it /s/. <s>,
on the other hand, in a Classical Nahuatl text is just another way of
writing <x> (as in English <sh>).

> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 10:11, Mizton Pixan<nekopixan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The "Z" in "Tezcatlipoca" should be pronounced /s/.
>
> Is there any pronunciation difference between that 'z' and the 's' in
> "mescal"?
>
> Craig Berry - http://www.cine.net/~cberry/

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