z  [z]

Dene Sųłiné, Lac Brochet  -  Phoneme: z [z]  -  IPA: Voiced alveolar fricative.

Word: chize [tʃizɛ] "lynx"  -  Speaker: SP9

The voiced reflex of the alveolar fricative z between two vowels, it is partially voiced. Contrast this with the s sound and with the release portion of the affricate dz in initial position in the word. 



 
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