ts  [tsʰ]

Dene Sųłiné, Cold Lake  -  Phoneme: ts [tsʰ]  -  IPA: Aspirated alveolar affricate.

Word: tsá [tsʰɑ́] "beaver"  -  Speaker: SP1

Description: The voiceless alveolar affricate ts [tsʰ] in word initial position. Contrast this with the unaspirated dz, note the differences in their release periods.



 
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