QU: Nahuatl words -- accented in English?

[John F. Schwaller]

At 10:38 AM 10/5/02 -0600, you wrote:
>Perhaps the stronger argument against using them in English is that they
>do not guide English speakers, unless these speakers are familiar also
>with the stress patterns of unaccented Spanish words.


I have in general avoided placing accents on Nahuatl words when writing in
English.  The system is, of course, based on the Spanish perception of
Nahuatl accentuation.  Unless one knows Spanish the accents do not
necessarily mean anything, nor does the absence of an accent mean anything.

J. F. Schwaller


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