NameSection3.4 Phonological Rules 4: Zoque
In the following forrns from Zoque, a language spoken in Mexico, many of the
symbols represent consonants whose properties can be predicted from the
environment in which they occur. Study the forms and answer questions A-D.
Instructions for writing phonological rules are found in appendixes 1 and 2.
The complete inventory of Zoque phonemes is /p, t, t" ty, E, k, S, S, h, l, ?, m,
n, fi, IJ, W, X, Y, i, e, 3, a, 0, U/-Zoque form- agdyo?ys
- kenba
- ndzin
- tYatYay
- pama
- iiJvehtSu
- minge?tu
- mbama
- ndyuku
- ngenge ?tu
- petpa
- wixtu
- panda?m
- myagdamu
- natyuxu
- tsehtsu
- iijinu
- EehEaxu
- anj'i7u
- Cakna?Eu
English gloss
"he got sleepy"
"he sees"
"my pine"
"little"
"c10 thing"
"you cut"
"he also came"
"my clothing"
"you shot"
"I also saw it"
"he sweeps"
"he walked"
"men"
"you went"
"he's shouting"
"he cut brush"
"he planted it"
"they cut it"
"goatee"
"he frightened him"