z [z]

Dene Sųłiné, Cold Lake  -  Phoneme: z [z]  -  IPA: Voiced alveolar fricative.

Word: lez [lɛz] "urine"  -  Speaker: SP1

Description:  It is a voiced version of the s [s] sound. This sound has a semi-phonemic status, the z [z] does not appear in word initial position. In this example it is only partially voiced.



 
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