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- 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]
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Dene Sųłiné Obstruent Sounds

d t t’

g k k’

gw kw kw'

ddh tth tth’

dz ts ts’

dl tł tł’

dh th

s z

sh ł

x gh

h ʔ

Dene Sųłiné Sonorant Sounds

m n

w y

j [dʒ]

Dene Sųłiné, Cold Lake - Phoneme: j [dʒ] - IPA: Voiced post-alveolar affricate.

Word: jéth [dʒɛ́θ] "hook" - Speaker: SP1

The sound phoneme j [dʒ] is voiceless in this word, so it is actually a voiceless unaspirated affricate. It differs from the ch [tʃ] in the length frication period. In this token, the frication period is short and the vowel begins right at the end of the fricative portion of the sound. Compare this with the dz sound.

7/4/14

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