Tlah or -tlan

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Tlah or -tlan.

The difference between the two locatives, -tlah and -tlan, is that -tlan is
exclusive used to form a toponym. In most cases there is an assimilation of
L+TL=LL:

         Tlaxcal-lan

         Tol-lan.

The use of -tlah is more generalized, a place, an agglomeration or a region.

         Te-tlah, a stony place

         Cal-lah, an agglomeration

         Mil-lah, a cultivated region.

This suffix could also be used with living beings:

         Tlaca-tlah, place with a lot of people.  

Lahun Ik 62

Baert Georges

Flanders Fields

 

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