2 examples
Tłį Chǫ (Dogrib), Behchokǫ̀ - Phoneme: k [kx] - IPA: Velar affricate, voiceless
1 Word: kǫ̀ [kxõ̀] "fire" - Speaker: SP2
A characteristic velar affricate k [kx] in word initial position. The stop closure period is voiceless, followed by a frication period that is present in the spectrogram as a dark band of energy. The affrication is an audible property of the sound. This affricate has a similar pattern as the unaspirated affricate dz [dz] and contrasts with the aspirated affricate ts [ts].
2 Word: gokè [gokxè] "foot" - Speaker: SP2
The velar affricate k [kx] between two vowels. The length and strength of the frication period is clear in the spectrogram and is a strong audible property of the sound k [kx]. This is not an aspirated k sound but an affricate. Voicing continues briefly into the closure period of the k sound, but the closure and release periods are voiceless. Note that the initial g is voiceless.
