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Dene Language Groups
- Dene Sųłiné Group
  - Orthography for Dene Sųłiné
  - Cold Lake Dene Sųłiné
    - Consonants of Cold Lake Dene Sųłiné
      - b [b]
      - d [d]
      - t [tx]
      - t’ [t’]
      - g [g]
      - k [kx]
      - k’ [k’]
      - ddh [dð]
      - tth [tθ]
      - tth’ [tθ’]
      - dz [dz]
      - ts [tsʰ]
      - ts’ [ts’]
      - dl [dl]
      - tł [tɬʰ]
      - tł’ [tɬˀ]
      - j [dʒ]
      - ch [tʃʰ]
      - ch’ [tʃ']
      - dh [ð]
      - th [θ]
      - s [s]
      - z [z]
      - ł [ɬ]
      - sh [ʃ]
      - x [x]
      - gh [ɣ]
      - h [h]
      - r [ɹ]
      - l [l]
      - m [m]
      - n [n]
      - y [ j ]
    - Vowels of Cold Lake Dene Sųłiné
      - i [i/ɪ]
      - e [e/ɛ]
      - a [ɑ]
      - o [o]
      - u [u]
    - Cold Lake Dene Sųłiné Conversation : Toy Game
  - Lac Brochet Dene Sųłiné
    - Consonants of Lac Brochet Dene Sųłiné
      - b [b]
      - d [d]
      - t [tx]
      - t’ [t']
      - g [g]
      - k [kx]
      - k’ [k']
      - ddh [dð]
      - tth [tθʰ]
      - tth’ [tθ']
      - dz [dz]
      - ts [tsʰ]
      - ts’ [ts’]
      - dl [dl]
      - tł [tɬʰ]
      - tł’ [tɬˀ]
      - j [dʒ]
      - ch [tʃʰ]
      - ch’ [tʃ’]
      - dh [ð]
      - th [θ]
      - s [s]
      - z [z]
      - ł [ɬ]
      - sh [ʃ]
      - x [x]
      - gh [ɣ]
      - h [h]
      - ' [ʔ]
      - r [ɹ]
      - l [l]
      - n [n]
      - y [j]
    - Vowel Sounds of Lac Brochet Dene Sųłiné
      - i [i/ɪ]
      - e [e/ɛ]
      - a [ɑ]
      - o [o]
      - u [u]
- North Slavey Groups
  - Orthography for North Slavey
  - Délįne, NT, Sahtúgot’ıne
    - Consonants of North Slavey Délįne, NT Sahtúgot’ıne
      - b [p]
      - d [t]
      - t [tx]
      - t’ [t’]
      - g [k]
      - k [kx]
      - k’ [k’]
      - kw [kw̥]
      - kw’ [kw’]
      - dz [ts]
      - ts [tsʰ]
      - ts’ [ts’]
      - dl [tɬ]
      - tł [tɬʰ]
      - tł’ [tɬ’]
      - j [tʃ]
      - ch [tʃʰ]
      - ch’ [tʃ’]
      - s [s]
      - z [z]
      - sh [ʃ]
      - zh [ʒ]
      - ł [ɬ]
      - gh [ɣ]
      - h [h]
      - l [l]
      - n [n]
      - r [ɹ]
      - w [w]
      - wh [w̥]
      - y [j]
    - Vowel Sounds of North Slavey Délįne, NT, Sahtúgot’ıne
      - i [i/ɪ]
      - e [e/ɛ]
      - a [ɑ]
      - o [o]
      - u [u]
- South Slavey Group
  - Orthography for South Slavey
  - Jean Marie River
    - Consonants
      - b [b]
      - d [d]
      - t [tx]
      - t’ [t']
      - g [g]
      - k [kx]
      - k’ [k']
      - ddh [dð]
      - tth [tθ]
      - tth’ [tθ']
      - dz [dz]
      - ts [ts]
      - ts’ [ts']
      - dl [dl]
      - tł [tɬʰ]
      - tł’ [tɬ']
      - j [dʒ]
      - ch [tʃʰ]
      - ch’ [tʃˀ]
      - dh [ð]
      - th [θ]
      - s [s]
      - z [z]
      - zh [ʒ]
      - ł [ɬ]
      - sh [ʃ]
      - gh [ɣ]
      - h [h]
      - ' [ʔ]
      - l [l]
      - m [m]
      - n [n]
      - y [ j ]
- Tłį Chǫ (Dogrib) Group
  - Orthography for Tłį Chǫ (Dogrib)
  - Behchokǫ̀ Rae-Edzo
    - Consonant Sounds of Behchokǫ̀ Rae-Edzo
      - b [b]
      - d [d]
      - t [tx]
      - t’ [t']
      - g [g]
      - k [kx]
      - k’ [k’]
      - kw [kw̥]
      - kw' [kw’]
      - dz [dz]
      - ts [tsʰ]
      - ts’ [ts']
      - dl [dl]
      - tł [tɬʰ]
      - tł’ [tɬ’]
      - j [dʒ]
      - ch [tʃʰ]
      - ch’ [tʃ']
      - s [s]
      - z [z]
      - sh [ʃ]
      - ł [ɬ]
      - x [x]
      - gh [ɣ]
      - h [h]
      - ' [ʔ]
      - l [l]
      - m [m]
      - n [n]
      - w [w]
      - wh [w̥]
      - y [j]
    - Vowel Sounds of Behchokǫ̀ Rae-Edzo
      - i [i/ɪ]
      - e [e/ɛ]
      - a [ɑ]
      - o [o]
- Tsuu T'ina (Sarcee)
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University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA

Joyce McDonough is the Coordinator and main contact for the Dene Speech Atlas project. She can be reached at:

mail: Department of Linguistics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA 14625
email: DeneSpeechAtlas AT rochester.edu
phone: (US) 585 275 2895

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

National Science Foundation, Washington DC, USA

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0853929. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

2/19/13

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