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==Yaqui letters and Pronunciation==
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!Letter
!English Approximant
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== Yaqui Vowels ==


== ''Yaqui Vowels'' ==
Yaqui vowel sounds are similar to those of Spanish:
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!
!Front
!Central
!Back
|-
!Close
|i
|
|u
|-
!Mid
|e ~ ɛ
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|o
|-
!Open
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|a
|}
Vowels can be short or long in duration. Often long vowels are shortened when the word in which they are used is used constructively. Long vowels are written by doubling the vowel. Long vowels can change tone, but this is not represented in written language.
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{| class="wikitable"
|'''CharacterWe Use:'''
!'''Character'''
|'''SometimesAlso Used:'''
!'''Sometimes Also Used'''
|'''IPA symbol:'''
!'''IPA symbol'''
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|-
|a
|a
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== ''Yaqui Consonants'' ==
== Yaqui Consonants ==
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|'''CharacterWe Use:'''
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|'''SometimesAlso Used:'''
!Bilabial
|'''IPA symbol:'''
!Alveolar
!Post-
alveolar
!Palatal
!Velar
!Glottal
|-
! rowspan="2" |Plosive
!<small>voiceless</small>
|p
|t
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|k
|ʔ
|-
!<small>voiced</small>
|b, bʷ
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! colspan="2" |Affricate
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|t͡ʃ
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|k͡t
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! colspan="2" |Fricative
|β
|s
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|
|
|h
|-
! colspan="2" |Tap
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|ɾ
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! colspan="2" |Nasal
|m
|n
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! colspan="2" |Lateral
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|l
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! colspan="2" |Approximant
|w
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|j
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!'''Sometimes Also Used:'''
!'''IPA symbol:'''
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|-
|bw
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== ''Yaqui Stress'' ==
==Video - Yaqui Language: Beginner Phrases==
Yaqui has less pronounced word stress than English. In English, unstressed vowels are often weakened to schwas, making the accent very strong. (An example of this is the word "rebel". When "rebel" is a noun, the stress is on the first syllable and the word is pronounced REH-bəl. When "rebel" is a verb, the stress is put on the second syllable and the word is pronounced rə-BELL.) But in the Yaqui pronunciation, all vowels are pronounced fully regardless of stress. If you weaken an unstressed vowel to schwa, you can change the meaning of the word, so be careful not to!
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Although the stress is less pronounced than in English, it is still present. Generally speaking, the stress is on the first long vowel in a Yaqui word, or in a word without long vowels, on the first syllable of the word.

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Yaqui letters and Pronunciation[edit | edit source]

Letter English Approximant
a as in English father
e as in Spanish peso usually, but also

as "a" in English date

i as in English meet
o o as in Spanish poco
u u as in English moon
b as in Spanish adobe frequently, but also

as in Spanish baca

ch as in English church
d d as in Spanish decir
f f as in English foot
g as in English go, but varies to "w"

as in English word

h as in English hard
k k as in English kick
l l as in English led
m m as in English met
n n as in English nice
p p as in Spanish pan
r as in English rest
s s as in English see
t t as in Spanish tengo
w w as in English word
y y as in English yes
' the glottal stop, as in English in the hiatus between an apple

Yaqui Vowels[edit | edit source]

Yaqui vowel sounds are similar to those of Spanish:

Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e ~ ɛ o
Open a

Vowels can be short or long in duration. Often long vowels are shortened when the word in which they are used is used constructively. Long vowels are written by doubling the vowel. Long vowels can change tone, but this is not represented in written language.

Character Sometimes Also Used IPA symbol
a a
aa a· a
e e
ee e· e
i i
ii i· i
o o
oo o· o
u u
uu u· u

Yaqui Consonants[edit | edit source]

Bilabial Alveolar Post-

alveolar

Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive voiceless p t k ʔ
voiced b, bʷ
Affricate t͡ʃ k͡t
Fricative β s h
Tap ɾ
Nasal m n
Lateral l
Approximant w j
Character: Sometimes Also Used: IPA symbol:
bw bu, b bw
ch č, c t
h h
k k
kt tk
l l
m m ~
n n ~
p p
r
s s
t t
v b v ~ β
w gu, g w ~ gw
y j
’ ?, h

Video - Yaqui Language: Beginner Phrases[edit | edit source]

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