Edited sentence: Only one vowel is allowed per syllable which measn that there are also no diphthongs: if two vowels occur next to eachother they each represent their own syllable regarding the determination of stress.Otomi only allows open syllables of the shapes V, CV, CCV, CCCV and, very rarely, CCCCV (where C represents aconsonant and V a vowel).This means that consonants never occur before pause