In this analysis, the nasals and central approximants have distinctive allophones that depend on whether or not they precede a nasalized vowel. The approximant , which is before oral vowels or consonants in Huixtepec, is before nasalized vowels. The approximant is likewise nasalized before nasalized vowels, and elsewhere. The nasals are pronounced with an oral non-nasal release when they precede an oral vowel, and as such sound like in that context. Various other important details about the phonetics of Amuzgo are not presented in a simplified chart such as the one shown above.