The consonant sounds in a language are divided into two groups. The largest group, called obstruents, is comprised of the stops, fricatives and affricates. These consonants are the largest group in the inventory of South Slavey sounds. The Dene languages all have a very rich set of obstruent sounds.
The second group is called sonorants or approximants. The sonorants are a smaller group consisting mainly of the nasals and the y and w sounds.
These are the sounds listed in the chart on this page, and on the sidebar. Click on the sound in the sidebar that you want to hear.
To view place and manner of descriptions for these sounds, see the Orthography for South Slavey.