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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22201/iih.30618002e.2026.71.78730
Enviado: 2023-09-21
Publicado: 2025-12-05

Volver a revisar los nasales en el náhuatl de Karttunen y Lockhart: nuevas ideas basadas en la fonología y la fonética del náhuatl de Chicontepec

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Andres Ehecatl Aguilar

Is assistant professor in the Department of Chicano and Chicana Studies at San Diego State University (SDSU). His work focuses on contemporary Nahuatl’s phonetics, phonology and morphology. In his research, he has developed innovative techniques for high quality field recordings for acoustic analysis. In another line of inquiry, his work focuses on transnational pan-Indigenous movements within their Chicano context, such as the Danza de Concheros in the United States. Correo electrónico: aaguilar26@sdsu.edu.

nasales en el náhuatl náhuatl de Chicontepec náhuatl de la Huasteca sonidos laríngeos glotales

Resumen

En un artículo corto sobre los sonidos nasales en náhuatl escrito en 1976, Karttunen y Lockhart abordaron el comportamiento errático de los nasales en un texto náhuatl del siglo XVIII. Este artículo amplía su discusión sobre los nasales en el náhuatl con ideas procedentes de análisis fonológicos y fonéticos de variantes contemporáneas del náhuatl. Fenómenos como la lenición y la neutralización fonológica, la glotalización prosódica y la relación entre los sonidos nasales y laríngeos se exploran aquí como una explicación novedosa de los patrones que observaron para los nasales intrusivos y omitidos en la ortografía del texto de la época colonial. Al hacerlo, se discute la compleja disposición de las articulaciones laríngeas y nasales en la fonología del náhuatl y cómo se relaciona con la representación escrita. Este artículo se basa en trabajo de campo sobre el náhuatl de Chicontepec, una variante del náhuatl de la Huasteca oriental, así como en descripciones publicadas de otras variantes del náhuatl. Contribuye a la bibliografía sobre las variantes históricas del náhuatl y al conocimiento sobre la relación entre el náhuatl escrito y el hablado.

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Aguilar, Andrés Ehécatl. 2025. «Volver a Revisar Los Nasales En El náhuatl De Karttunen Y Lockhart: Nuevas Ideas Basadas En La fonología Y La fonética Del náhuatl De Chicontepec». Estudios De Cultura Náhuatl 71 (diciembre):152-90. https://doi.org/10.22201/iih.30618002e.2026.71.78730.

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