t’ [t’]

Alveolar Ejective

North Slavey, Deline

1. denet’anę́ [tɛnɛt’ɑnẽ́]  "back"  -  Speaker: SP5

The alveolar ejective t’ [t’] in stem-initial position between two vowels. This as a characteristic example of the Dene ejective stop, with the release of the stop about halfway through the sound. Dene ejectives are voiceless, as ejectives commonly are. 

2018-06-18

2. ’įt’ǫ́ [ʔĩt’ṍ] "leaf"  -  Speaker: SP5

Another example of the alveolar ejective stop t’ [t’] in stem-initial position, between two vowels. This example shows the characteristic ejective profile, with the release of the stop visible halfway through the sound. 

2018-06-18