Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphs - Wayeb
Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphs - Wayeb
Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphs - Wayeb
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Kettunen & Helmke 2011<br />
Appendices<br />
APPENDIX G: TRANSCRIPTIONS 61 OF CLASSIC MAYA PHONEMES<br />
Consonants:<br />
bilabial alveolar pala<strong>to</strong>- palatal velar uvular glottal<br />
alveolar<br />
s<strong>to</strong>ps/ plosives:<br />
unglottalized p t k ’<br />
glottalized 62 p’ t’ k’<br />
b<br />
affricates:<br />
unglottalized tz ch<br />
glottalized 62 tz’ ch’<br />
fricatives/ spirants s x j h<br />
liquids/ approximants<br />
l<br />
nasals m n<br />
semivowels w y<br />
Table XV: Classic <strong>Maya</strong> consonants<br />
Vowels:<br />
front central back<br />
high (close) i u<br />
mid e o<br />
low (open)<br />
a<br />
Table XVI: Classic <strong>Maya</strong> vowels<br />
61<br />
These transcriptions are neither phonetic nor phonemic. Instead they represent the orthographies used in <strong>Maya</strong> epigraphy that are based on the<br />
new official alphabets for the Guatemalan <strong>Maya</strong> languages (Acuerdo Gubernativo numero 1046-87 [23rd of November 1987]) and its modification<br />
(Acuerdo Gubernativo numero 129-88 [2nd of March 1988]), and its subsequent publication (Lenguas <strong>Maya</strong>s de Guatemala: Documen<strong>to</strong> de referencia para<br />
la pronunciación de los nuevos alfabe<strong>to</strong>s oficiales). See also the chapter “Note on the Orthography”.<br />
62<br />
These can also be labeled as ejective s<strong>to</strong>ps.<br />
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