z [z]

Voiced Alveolar Fricative

Dene Sųłiné, Lac Brochet

 

chize [tʃizɛ] "lynx"  -  Speaker: SP9

The voiced alveolar fricative z [z] between two vowels. In this token, it is only partially voiced. Contrast this with the voiceless alveolar fricative s [s] and with the fricative release of the affricate dz [dz] in word-initial position. 

2018-06-14