o [o]

Mid Back Vowel

North Slavey, Deline

Low tone: o [o]

1. det’ǫnęcho [tɛt’õnɛ̃tʃʰo] "eagle"  -  Speaker: SP5

An example containing two instances of the mid back vowel o [o]; the first instance of o [o], following the alveolar ejective t’ [t’], is nasalized. 

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Falling tone: óo [óo]

2. denehóot’įnę [tɛnɛhóːt’ɪ̃nɛ̃] "family"  -  Speaker: SP5

The mid back vowel o [o], long and with falling tone. 

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Nasalized: ǫ [õ]

3. sǫde [sõtɛ] "elder brother"  -  Speaker: SP5

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High tone, nasalized: ǫ́ [ṍ]

4. kanį́zǫ́ [kxɑnĩzṍ] "always"  -  Speaker: SP6

Note that the high tone on the final syllable is lower than the high tone on the second syllable. 

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