y [ j ]

Dene Sųłiné, Cold Lake  -  Phoneme: y [j]  -  IPA: Palatal approximant.

Word: yédzi [jédzi] "catch"  -  Speaker: SP1

this token also contains a voiced alveloar affricate dz in stem initial position.

Comment: note the voicing of the /dz/ in this example, very clear in the waveform; it appears between two vowels in this word. 


 
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