y [j]

Palatal Approximant

Dene Sųłiné, Lac Brochet

yéłk’éth [jɛ́ɬk’ɛ́θ] "shoot it" - Speaker: SP9

The palatal approximant y [j] in word-initial position. Segemntation between this sound and the following mid front vowel is difficult, and done mostly by formant structure.

2018-06-14