ts’  [ts]

Dene Sųłiné, Lac Brochet  -  Phoneme: ts’ [ts']  -  IPA: Alveolar ejectiv affricate.

Word: ts’ér [tsˀə́ɹ] "dirt"  -  Speaker: SP9

The ejective alveolar affricate ts’ in word initial position. Compare this to the other ejectives. All ejectives tend to have a ‘period of silence’ between the frication and the onset of the vowel. 



 
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