t’ [t’]

Alveolar Ejective

Dene Sųłiné, Cold Lake

t’así [t’ɑ

sí] "thing"  -  Speaker: SP1

The alveolar ejective t’ [t’] in word-initial position.  The release of the stop occurs before the onset of the vowel, leaving a space between the release and the vowel onset that is characteristic of Dene ejectives. 

2018-06-13