Zoque Phonemic Analysis

Zoque is a language spoken in Mexico.  [j] and [c] are voiced and voiceless
palatal affricates, [x] is a voiceless velar fricative, [s] is a voiceless
palatal fricative, and [t ] and [d ] are palatalized alveolar stops.


	pata		'mat'		ngyunu		'you fell'

	tatah		'father'	ka?nji		'turkey'

	t it iy		'little'	sosahu		'they cooked it'

	cima		'calabash'	kama		'cornfield'

	cehcu		'he cut it'	ngama		'my cornfield'

	njima		'my calabash'	ndatah		'my father'

	kenba		'he sees'	njinu		'you bathed'

	myandamu	'you came'	linba		'he slashes'

	?ind o?pya	'he is sleepy'	winsa?u		'he came to life'

	njehcu		'you cut brush' cehcaxu		'they cut it'

List all the stops and affricates.  Stops and affricates together are
traditionally called "plosives".

Describe the distribution of the voiced and voiceless plosives.

Propose a phonemic analysis of the plosives.  (How many plosive phonemes
are there, what are they, what are their allophones, and what are the rules?)