g [g]

Voiced Velar Stop

Tłį Chǫ (Dogrib), Behchokǫ̀

1. gomǫ̀ǫ [gomũ̀ː] "aunt"  -  Speaker: SP2

A strongly voiced velar stop g [g] in word-initial position. Contrast the voicing of this token with that of the second example below. 

2018-07-19

2. gogǫ̀ǫ̀ [gugõ̀ː] "arm"  -  Speaker: SP2

This word contains two examples of the velar plosive g [g]. In this token, the g is not voiced in initial position (as it is in the example above). However, the intervocalic g is strongly voiced. In all three example of the voiced velar stop g [g] on this page, the release burst is clearly visible as a spike in the spectrogram. The release bursts of velar fricatives often contain a double burst spike that is especially clear in the intervocalic example. 

2018-07-19