sh [ʃ]

Voiceless Post-alveolar Fricative

North Slavey, Deline

1. shégeye [ʃékeje]  -  Speaker: SP6

The voiceless post-alveolar fricative sh [ʃ] in word-initial position. 

2018-06-18

2. shú [ʃú] "mountain"  -  Speaker: SP5

Another example of the voiceless post-alveolar fricative sh [ʃ] in word-initial position. This word was spoken in isolation. The initial consonant is quite long, but this gives a good idea of how strongly fricatives are articulated in the Dene languages as compared to European languages such as English. 

2018-06-18