Dene Speech Atlas

Seeds for the Future

Home
About DSA
Dene Language Groups
- Dene Sųłiné Group
  - Orthography for Dene Sųłiné
  - Cold Lake Dene Sųłiné
    - Consonants of Cold Lake Dene Sųłiné
      - b [b]
      - d [d]
      - t [tx]
      - t’ [t’]
      - g [g]
      - k [kx]
      - k’ [k’]
      - ddh [dð]
      - tth [tθ]
      - tth’ [tθ’]
      - dz [dz]
      - ts [tsʰ]
      - ts’ [ts’]
      - dl [dl]
      - tł [tɬʰ]
      - tł’ [tɬˀ]
      - j [dʒ]
      - ch [tʃʰ]
      - ch’ [tʃ']
      - dh [ð]
      - th [θ]
      - s [s]
      - z [z]
      - ł [ɬ]
      - sh [ʃ]
      - x [x]
      - gh [ɣ]
      - h [h]
      - r [ɹ]
      - l [l]
      - m [m]
      - n [n]
      - y [ j ]
    - Vowels of Cold Lake Dene Sųłiné
      - i [i/ɪ]
      - e [e/ɛ]
      - a [ɑ]
      - o [o]
      - u [u]
    - Cold Lake Dene Sųłiné Conversation : Toy Game
  - Lac Brochet Dene Sųłiné
    - Consonants of Lac Brochet Dene Sųłiné
      - b [b]
      - d [d]
      - t [tx]
      - t’ [t']
      - g [g]
      - k [kx]
      - k’ [k']
      - ddh [dð]
      - tth [tθʰ]
      - tth’ [tθ']
      - dz [dz]
      - ts [tsʰ]
      - ts’ [ts’]
      - dl [dl]
      - tł [tɬʰ]
      - tł’ [tɬˀ]
      - j [dʒ]
      - ch [tʃʰ]
      - ch’ [tʃ’]
      - dh [ð]
      - th [θ]
      - s [s]
      - z [z]
      - ł [ɬ]
      - sh [ʃ]
      - x [x]
      - gh [ɣ]
      - h [h]
      - ' [ʔ]
      - r [ɹ]
      - l [l]
      - n [n]
      - y [j]
    - Vowel Sounds of Lac Brochet Dene Sųłiné
      - i [i/ɪ]
      - e [e/ɛ]
      - a [ɑ]
      - o [o]
      - u [u]
- North Slavey Groups
  - Orthography for North Slavey
  - Délįne, NT, Sahtúgot’ıne
    - Consonants of North Slavey Délįne, NT Sahtúgot’ıne
      - b [p]
      - d [t]
      - t [tx]
      - t’ [t’]
      - g [k]
      - k [kx]
      - k’ [k’]
      - kw [kw̥]
      - kw’ [kw’]
      - dz [ts]
      - ts [tsʰ]
      - ts’ [ts’]
      - dl [tɬ]
      - tł [tɬʰ]
      - tł’ [tɬ’]
      - j [tʃ]
      - ch [tʃʰ]
      - ch’ [tʃ’]
      - s [s]
      - z [z]
      - sh [ʃ]
      - zh [ʒ]
      - ł [ɬ]
      - gh [ɣ]
      - h [h]
      - l [l]
      - n [n]
      - r [ɹ]
      - w [w]
      - wh [w̥]
      - y [j]
    - Vowel Sounds of North Slavey Délįne, NT, Sahtúgot’ıne
      - i [i/ɪ]
      - e [e/ɛ]
      - a [ɑ]
      - o [o]
      - u [u]
- South Slavey Group
  - Orthography for South Slavey
  - Jean Marie River
    - Consonants
      - b [b]
      - d [d]
      - t [tx]
      - t’ [t']
      - g [g]
      - k [kx]
      - k’ [k']
      - ddh [dð]
      - tth [tθ]
      - tth’ [tθ']
      - dz [dz]
      - ts [ts]
      - ts’ [ts']
      - dl [dl]
      - tł [tɬʰ]
      - tł’ [tɬ']
      - j [dʒ]
      - ch [tʃʰ]
      - ch’ [tʃˀ]
      - dh [ð]
      - th [θ]
      - s [s]
      - z [z]
      - zh [ʒ]
      - ł [ɬ]
      - sh [ʃ]
      - gh [ɣ]
      - h [h]
      - ' [ʔ]
      - l [l]
      - m [m]
      - n [n]
      - y [ j ]
- Tłį Chǫ (Dogrib) Group
  - Orthography for Tłį Chǫ (Dogrib)
  - Behchokǫ̀ Rae-Edzo
    - Consonant Sounds of Behchokǫ̀ Rae-Edzo
      - b [b]
      - d [d]
      - t [tx]
      - t’ [t']
      - g [g]
      - k [kx]
      - k’ [k’]
      - kw [kw̥]
      - kw' [kw’]
      - dz [dz]
      - ts [tsʰ]
      - ts’ [ts']
      - dl [dl]
      - tł [tɬʰ]
      - tł’ [tɬ’]
      - j [dʒ]
      - ch [tʃʰ]
      - ch’ [tʃ']
      - s [s]
      - z [z]
      - sh [ʃ]
      - ł [ɬ]
      - x [x]
      - gh [ɣ]
      - h [h]
      - ' [ʔ]
      - l [l]
      - m [m]
      - n [n]
      - w [w]
      - wh [w̥]
      - y [j]
    - Vowel Sounds of Behchokǫ̀ Rae-Edzo
      - i [i/ɪ]
      - e [e/ɛ]
      - a [ɑ]
      - o [o]
- Tsuu T'ina (Sarcee)
The Sound Inventory
Open Web Resources

Dene Sųłiné Obstruent Sounds

d t t’

g k k’

gw kw kw'

ddh tth tth’

dz ts ts’

dl tł tł’

j ch ch’

dh th

s z

sh ł

x gh

h ʔ

Dene Sųłiné Sonorant Sounds

r l

m n

w y

s [s]

Dene Sųłiné, Cold Lake - Phoneme: s [s] - IPA: Voiceless alveolar fricative.

Word: sas [sɑs] "bear" - Speaker: SP1

Description: A voiceless alveolar fricative s [s] in word initial and word final position, this sound is voiceless in both positions.

6/28/14

Dene Speech Atlas

Site Navigation[Skip]

Sidebar[Skip]

Dene Sųłiné Obstruent Sounds

Dene Sųłiné Sonorant Sounds

s [s]