THE ORIGIN OF ORTHOGRAPHIC HU FOR /W/ IN NAHUATL

Abstract

Abstract Today a standard has emerged in the English speaking world for writing the language of the Aztecs. According to this standard the phoneme /w/ is written in the position before a vowel, nahuatl, ahuacatl, ‘avocado.’ An alternative is to write /w/ with (or ), a tradition which in the sixteenth century and onwards was common alongside of . I demonstrate that misrepresents the pronunciation of the language then and now, and in uncovering its origin, I suggest that Pedro de Gante was the prime promoter of .

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