ts’ [ts’]

Alveolar Ejective Affricate

North Slavey, Deline

1. ts’ét’úe [ts’ét’ú] "tobacco"  -  Speaker: SP5

A word with two ejectives ts’ [ts’] and t’ [t’]. Both show the characteristic ejective pattern. In this example, ts’ [ts’] is in word-initial position; t’ [t’] is in stem-initial position. 

2018-06-18

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

The alveolar ejective affricate ts’ [ts’] in stem-initial position, following h [h] in the coda of the previous syllable. Note the compression of the closure portion of the affricate and the duration of release. Also note the characteristic ejective pattern; there is a period of silence before the glottal release into the vowel. 

2018-06-18