Jeff Burnham &
David Tuggy

Spectrograms showing
Vowel Length
in Rafael Delgado Nahuatl

Appendix

This page provides an index to the spectrograms analyzed in the paper “A Spectrographic Analysis of Vowel Length in Rafael Delgado Nahuatl”, by Jeff Burnham and David Tuggy. These are scans of spirit-duplicated copies of the original spectrograms (long since gone the way of all flesh), so don’t expect anything too fancy or easy to read!

Word	Gloss
1. šiwitl	grass
2. šiːwitl	comet
3. čičik	bitter
4. čiːči	suck
5. šiktlati štlati	Burn it!
6. šiktlaːti štlaːti	Hide it!
7. kitlahtlani štlahtlani	asks for it Ask for it!
8. kitlaːni	earns it
9. kalli	house
10. tlaːlli	earth
11. oːniktokak	I followed him
12. oːniktoːkak (more)	I planted it
13. oːčoːkak oːtičoːkake	he cried we cried
14. tekoloːtl	owl
15. tzohpiːloːtl	buzzard
16. tlaːkatl	man
17. toːnaltzin tó:nalli	sun
18. meːtztli	moon
19. seːkitoːka	we plant it
20. tlaːlli	earth

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