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- 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]
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Dene Sųłiné Obstruent Sounds

d t t’

g k k’

gw kw kw'

ddh tth tth’

dz ts ts’

dl tł tł’

dh th

s z

sh ł

x gh

h ʔ

Dene Sųłiné Sonorant Sounds

m n

w y

ts’ [ts’]

Dene Sųłiné, Cold Lake - Phoneme: ts’ [ts'] - IPA: Alveolar ejective affricate.

Word: ts’ér [ts'ɛ́ɹ] "dirt" - Speaker: SP1

An example of the alveolar ejective ts' [ts'] in initial position. Note the long period from the release of the oral closure to the onset of the vowel. The fricative portion of the affricate sound ends well before the onset of the vowel in a typical Dene ejective pattern. This sound is unvoiced.

7/4/14

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