i [i~ɪ]

High Front Vowel

North Slavey, Deline

High and low tone: i [i~ɪ], í [í~ɪ́]

1. tíkw’i [txík’wi] "arrowhead" - Speaker: SP5

Examples of the high front vowel i [i~ɪ] with high tone (first syllable) and low tone (second syllable).

2018-06-19

Nasalized: į [ĩ]

2. nįhts’į [nĩhts’ĩ] "wind" - Speaker: SP5

A token with two instances of the high front vowel nasalized and with low tone. Note also the compression of the closure period of the ejective affricate ts’ [ts’] in stem-initial position following a closed syllable.

2018-06-19

High tone, nasalized: į́ [ĩ́]

3. ’ehtį́ [ʔehtxĩ́] "bow" - Speaker: SP5

The high front vowel nasalized and with high tone.

2018-06-19