ch’ [tʃ’]

Post-alveolar Ejective Affricate

North Slavey, Deline

1. ch’ádi [tʃ’ɑti] "disagree"  -  Speaker: SP6

The post-alveolar ejective affricate ch’ [tʃ'] in word-initial position, showing the characteristic Dene ejective pattern. 

2018-06-19

2. łech’á [ɬetʃ’á] "distance apart"  -  Speaker: SP8

The post-alveolar ejective affricate ch’ [tʃ'] in stem-initial position between two vowels. The characteristic ejective pattern is less obvious here, and the sound is perceived as an aspirated affricate, instead of an ejective. 

2018-06-19