z [z]

North Slavey, Deline  -  Phoneme: z [z]  -  IPA: Voiced alveolar fricative.

Word: kanį́zǫ́ [kxɑnĩ́zõ] "always"  -  Speaker: SP6

An example of a voiced alveolar fricative in stem initial position. The fricative is voiced through the first part of the articulation of the sound. Note the initial k [kx].



 
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