Dene Sųłiné, Lac Brochet - Phoneme: x [x] or [h] - IPA: Voiceless velar fricative, glottal fricative.
Word: hesxos [husxɔs] "tickle" - Speaker: SP9
The phoneme x in word initial position. This sound is realized as a glottal fricative h [h] rather than a velar fricative [x]; there is very little evidence of the oral constriction necessary to make a velar fricative. Contrast this with the h in this token, and with the release of the t and k sounds, which show strong frication and are better understood as velar fricatives.
