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How is this name pronounced? One of my teachers, who has been to Mexico many times, said that it's hoh-CHIT-l, other say so-CHEEL or sho-CHEEL. What is right? How is "x" pr. in old Aztec/Nahuatl names? Like "h" or "ch" or "sh"?
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sho-CHEE-tl
Xochitl is prn sho-CHEE-tl. The X in the Nuhua language is prn. like the "SH" sound in english phonetics.
Some phonetics are explained here http://www.ulsa.edu.mx/public_html/publicaciones/onteanqui/b12/lengua.htm But the page is in Spanish.
Hope this helps,
Magia
Xochitl is prn sho-CHEE-tl. The X in the Nuhua language is prn. like the "SH" sound in english phonetics.
Some phonetics are explained here http://www.ulsa.edu.mx/public_html/publicaciones/onteanqui/b12/lengua.htm But the page is in Spanish.
Hope this helps,
Magia
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Thanx!
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this name is actually prn. 'SO-chil' with the i a sound between a short i and a long e. The x, as far as i know from my mexican mother, is pronounced like an s.
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hi my name is xochitl to noone knows how to pronounce it. so i tel them its like saying sochil so chill and every one pronounces it like that.
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At least in South Texas, it seems to be most commonly pronounced as S0-Shee. But it's not a very common feminine name. Dennis Kirsch.
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