2 examples
North Slavey, Deline - Phoneme: ł [ɬ] - IPA: Voiceless lateral fricative.
1 Word: łech’á [ɬetʃ’á] "distance apart" - Speaker: SP8
An example of a voiceless lateral fricative in word initial position. Note also the post-alveolar ejective affricate ch’, in this example too the ejective does not clearly show the characteristic ejective pattern, and may be perceptually an aspirated affricate ch.
2 Word: denełée [tɛnɛ̃ɬé] "someone" - Speaker: SP8
An example of a voiceless lateral fricative ł in stem initial position between two vowels. Note that the voicing of the vowel extends into the first part of the lateral fricative.
