Glottal Stop sounds

Click on the musical note symbol symbol to hear the audio recording of a word.

31. '

  • izin play symbol - gun
  • ni'i play symbol - sun
  • sh'izhi play symbol - my name
  • taz'in play symbol - fishtrap
  • chi'el'ul play symbol - I am playing
  • k'usht'a is'e play symbol - it is not there
  • bekuqeyegh'a play symbol - his guts
  • n'eł'a play symbol - your spruce boughs
  • k''un play symbol - animal den
  • sdin'a play symbol - house log
  • shi'a play symbol - my son

(play all play symbol; stop stop)

32. ' vs Ø (glottal stop vs. no glottal stop)

  • tałin play symbol - whale
  • ch'nał'in play symbol - crab
  • k'eł'ech' play symbol - s/he sneezes
  • ełech play symbol - s/he urinates
  • ghini play symbol - that one
  • ghin'i play symbol - maggots, fly eggs
  • nughun'i play symbol - fresh meat or fish
  • k'eghuni play symbol - war

(play all play symbol; stop stop)

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Portraits Feodosia Sacaloff, James Kari and Peter Kalifornsky at 1974 Kenai Peninsula History conference.
Portraits Feodisia Sacaloff, Bertha Monfor, and Eva Lorenzo at Bertha's home ca. 1972.