Kenai Dena'ina Keywords

Audio recordings to accompany Dena'ina Kenai Key Words (2023) by Fedosia Sacaloff, Bertha Monfor, Peter Kalifornsky, recorded (in 1974) and edited by James Kari (PDF). Audio editing and website by Cam Webb.

Alphabet

• The Dena'ina alphabet

Sounds

1. The labial sounds: b, w, m, w
2. The dental sounds: d, n, dn, tn, t, t'
3. The lateral sounds: dl, tl, tl', l, ł
4. The alveolar sounds: dz, ts, ts', s, z
5. The palatal sounds: j, ch, ch', sh, zh, y
6. The glottal stop sounds: ', Ø
7. The front and back velar sounds: (front) g, k, k', x, ŷ; (back)gg, q, q', h, gh
8. Comparisons, mixed velars and consonant clusters
9. Vowels: i, a, u, e
10. Vowel comparisons
11. Stress

English to Dena'ina

• Index