Editing Chʼol language (section)

=== Syllable Structure ===
Chʼol can have CV, CVC, CVCC, CCVC, CCVCC as possible syllable structures. The most common ones are CV and CVC.<ref>Vázquez Álvarez, Juan Jesús. ''A Grammar of Chol, a Mayan Language''. Austin, Texas: University of Texas at Austin, 2011; p.46</ref>

{|-
| muty || [mutʲʰ] || {{gloss|chicken}} || CVC
|-
| pul || [pul̥] || {{gloss|to burn}} || CVC
|-
| ja' || [xaʔ] || {{gloss|water}} || CVC
|-
| ixik || [ʔi.xikʰ] || {{gloss|woman}} || CV.CVC
|-
| wiñik || [wi.ɲikʰ] || {{gloss|man}} || CV.CVC
|}

Like many other Mayan languages, Chʼol does not allow [[Onset (syllable)|onsetless]] syllables, which means words that appear to start with vowel in fact have a glottal stop as the onset.

{|-
| ich || [ʔit͡ʃ] || {{gloss|chili}} || CVC
|-
| ax || [ʔax] || {{gloss|a type of fruit}} || CVC
|-
| ok || [ʔokʰ] || {{gloss|foot}} || CVC
|-
| ej || [ʔej] || {{gloss|tooth}} || CVC
|}

Although complex onsets and complex codas exist, the former only occur across morpheme boundaries, and the latter are limited to ''j''C.<ref>Vázquez Álvarez, Juan Jesús. ''A Grammar of Chol, a Mayan Language''. Austin, Texas: University of Texas at Austin, 2011; p.47</ref>

{|-
| kpam || [kpam̥] || {{gloss|my forehead}}
|-
| ktyem || [ktʲem̥] || {{gloss|my chair}}
|-
| ch'ujm || [t͡ʃ'uxm̥] || {{gloss|pumping}}
|-
| mujk || [muxkʰ] || {{gloss|navel}}
|}