ts [tsʰ]

Aspirated Alveolar Affricate

North Slavey, Deline

tatsó [txɑtsʰṍ] "crow"  -  Speaker: SP5

A good example of a Dene aspirated affricate. The aspiration appears at the end of the fricative part of the sound as it transitions into the vowel. This aspiration is clearly visible in the waveform and spectrogram. Contrast the aspirated release of this sound with its unaspirated counterpart dz [ts]. Observe also the compression of the closure period of the affricate; it is partially voiced and is quite short. 

2018-06-19