<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Piyali listeros, <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The "b" is not a native sound to Nahuatl; however it is used in some loanwords. Most loanwords convert this sound to "p" or the Nahuatl "f" (which is bilabial, not involving the teeth), also not native to Nahuatl.</div><div>John</div><div><br></div><div><!--StartFragment--><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:
Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">B. piltlahcuiloltzin</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:
Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">. <span lang="ES-MX" style="mso-ansi-language:ES-MX">Tlen caztiah. Quimanextia
tentlatzacuilcayotl tlen caquizti quemman motzacua tocopac, totenxipal
quitzacua ihyotl, quiztihuetzi itlahcotiyan tocamac huan huihuitoca
toquechtlan.</span></span><!--EndFragment-->
</div><div><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:
Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span lang="ES-MX" style="mso-ansi-language:ES-MX"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:
Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span lang="ES-MX" style="mso-ansi-language:ES-MX"><!--StartFragment--><span lang="ES-MX" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:
Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:ES-MX;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US">B. letter</span><span lang="ES-MX" style="font-size:
10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:
Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:ES-MX;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US">. From Spanish</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">. Represents
the consonant that is heard when the velum closes, the lips stop the airflow,
which is then suddenly released through the middle of the mouth, and the vocal
chords vibrate.</span><!--EndFragment-->
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