r [ɹ]

Voiced Alveolar Rhotic (Central Approximant)

North Slavey, Deline

1. retł’e [ɹɛtɬ’ɛ] "writing"  -  Speaker: SP6

The voiced alveolar rhotic r [ɹ] in word-initial position. 

2018-06-18

2. suri [suɹi] "best"  -  Speaker: SP6

Contrast this example with the previous one. In this example, the r [ɹ] is intervocalic and strongly voiced. The characteristic dip of the third formant found in rhotic appproximants is visible in the spectrogram. 

2018-06-18