Sekani language

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The Sekani language or Tse’khene is a Northern Athabaskan language spoken by 135 of the Sekani people of north-central British Columbia, Canada. Most of them are only semispeakers, and it is considered critically endangered.[1]

Phonology

Consonants

Sekani has 33 consonants:

Bilabial Alveolar Post-
Alveolar 		Velar Glottal
plain sibilant lateral plain labial
Stop voiceless Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link
aspirated (Template:IPA link) Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link
ejective Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link
Nasal Template:IPA link Template:IPA link
Fricative-
ApproximantTemplate:Efn 		voiceless Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link
voiced Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link

Template:Notelist

Vowels

Front Central Back
High Template:IPA link Template:IPA link
Mid Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link
Low Template:IPA link

Tone

Sekani has two tones: low and high. High tone is the more common tone. Syllables phonologically marked for tone are low. For example, Script error: No such module "Lang". means Template:Gloss, while Script error: No such module "Lang". means Template:Gloss.[2]

Nasalization

Nasalization of vowels is phonemic. The root Script error: No such module "Lang". means Template:Gloss, while the root Script error: No such module "Lang". means Template:Gloss.[2] Nasal vowels also contrast with vowels followed by Template:IPAslink.

Orthography

The orthography of the Kwadcha Tsek'ene dictionary uses the following letters.[3][4]

Kwadacha Tsek'ene alphabet
Letter IPA
Syll. init. Syll. final
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Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". -
Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". -
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Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". -
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Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". -
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Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". -
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Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". -
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Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". -
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Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA".
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In addition, Template:Angbr represents Template:IPAslink, Template:Angbr represents Template:IPAslink, Template:Angbr represents Template:IPAslink, and Template:Angbr represents Template:IPAslink.

Vocabulary

These words are from the FirstVoices dictionary for Kwadacha Tsek'ene dialect.[3]

Kwadacha Tsek'ene English
Script error: No such module "Lang". man, person
Script error: No such module "Lang". dog
Script error: No such module "Lang". caribou
Script error: No such module "Lang". snow
Script error: No such module "Lang". rain
Script error: No such module "Lang". cloud
Script error: No such module "Lang". fire (n)
Script error: No such module "Lang". summer
Script error: No such module "Lang". water
Script error: No such module "Lang". lake
Script error: No such module "Lang". land
Script error: No such module "Lang". axe
Script error: No such module "Lang". foot
Script error: No such module "Lang". my grandfather
Script error: No such module "Lang". my grandmother
Script error: No such module "Lang". one
Script error: No such module "Lang". two
Script error: No such module "Lang". three
Script error: No such module "Lang". four
Script error: No such module "Lang". yes
Script error: No such module "Lang". January
Script error: No such module "Lang". February
Script error: No such module "Lang". March
Script error: No such module "Lang". March
Script error: No such module "Lang". April
Script error: No such module "Lang". May
Script error: No such module "Lang". May
Script error: No such module "Lang". July
Script error: No such module "Lang". August
Script error: No such module "Lang". September
Script error: No such module "Lang". October
Script error: No such module "Lang". November
Script error: No such module "Lang". December

Notes

Template:Reflist

Bibliography

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Articles

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    • References: Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
    • Journal article: Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".

External links

Template:Athabaskan languages Template:Languages of Canada

  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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