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Sekani language

Athabaskan language of British Columbia, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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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.[3]

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Phonology

Consonants

Sekani has 33 consonants:

  1. Sekani, like other Athabaskan languages, does not contrast fricatives with approximants.

Vowels

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Tone

Sekani has two tones: low and high. High tone is the more common tone. Syllables phonologically marked for tone are low. For example, tsun means 'dirt', while tsùn means 'meat'.[4]

Nasalization

Nasalization of vowels is phonemic. The root *ghèl means 'scrape', while the root *ghę̀l means 'roll'.[4] Nasal vowels also contrast with vowels followed by /n/.

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Orthography

The orthography of the Kwadcha Tsek'ene dictionary uses the following letters.[5][6]

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In addition, wu represents /ʊ/, iii represents //, ee represents //, and aa represents /ɑː/.

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Vocabulary

These words are from the FirstVoices dictionary for Kwadacha Tsek'ene dialect.[5]

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