Choápam Zapotec ''(Zapoteco de Choápam''; in Veracruz ''Zapoteco de San Juan Comaltepec)'' is a

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Phonology

Consonants

* occurs as an allophone of * has the voiceless allophone ��when in a nasal segment ''(e.g. rná¹baˀ² ��nábaˀ'' (I ask))'' * The pronunciation of is variable, sometimes pronounced as

apico-alveolar An apical consonant is a phone (speech sound) produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue (apex) in conjunction with upper articulators from lips to postalveolar, and possibly prepalatal. It contrasts with laminal con ...

and with one to several flaps, with one being the most common.

Vowels

� The vowels and �are

nasalised In phonetics, nasalization (or nasalisation in British English) is the production of a sound while the soft palate, velum is lowered, so that some air escapes through the nose during the production of the sound by the mouth. An archetypal nasal ...

when followed by 'n' at the end of a word.

Tones

Choapam Zapotec has three pitches, or tones, which are high, mid, and low, indicated respectively by sup>3(superscript 3), sup>2(superscript 2), and sup>1(superscript 1), written after each syllable.
Larry and Rosemary Lyman, Choapan Zapotec Phonology

References

Zapotec languages {{Oto-Manguean-lang-stub Languages of Mexico Oto-Manguean languages