2 examples
North Slavey, Deline - Phoneme: ts’ [ts'] - IPA: Alveolar ejective affricate.
1 Word: ts’ét’úe [ts’ét’ú] "tobacco" - Speaker: SP5
A word with two ejectives ts’ and t’. Both show the characteristic ejective pattern. In this example ts’ is in word initial position, t’ in stem initial.
2 Word: nįhts’į [nĩhts’ĩ] "wind" - Speaker: SP5
The sound ts’ in stem initial position, following a sylllable final h. Note the compression of the closure portion of the affricate, while maintaining theduration and properties of the release. Also note the characteristic ejective pattern, with a period of silence before the glottal release into the vowel.
