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APPENDIX ONE

THE PRONUNCIATION OF AZTEC WORDS
The traditional orthography used in this book is based
upon the following principles:
1. All the vowels are pronounced as they are in Spanish:
e is always pronounced, even when it is at the end of a word,
and its sound is roughly that of the French é.
2. The consonants are pronounced as they are in English
with the exception of
x which is pronounced sh. For example, xicotl = shicotl.
z which is pronounced s. For example, zan = san.
qu which is pronounced k before e and i, but kw before
a. For example, calpixque = calpishké; quimichin =
kimichin; quauitl = kwawitl.
3. H is breathed; ll has the English value; u and y are semi-
vowels, u being pronounced like the w in well and y like
the y in yet. The stress is usually upon the penultimate
syllable.

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Daily Life of the Aztecs: On the Eve of the Spanish Conquest. Contributors: Jacques Soustelle - author, Patrick O'Brian - transltr. Publisher: Macmillan. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1962. Page Number: 245.
    
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