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Phonetics and phonology. Cross-linguistic variation: Ft. Ware Sekani. Ft. Ware. Mike Abou. Oral vowels. Oral vowels. Oral vowels: acoustic plot. Oral vowels: acoustic plot. Nasal vowels. Oral vs. nasal vowels. Oral vs. nasal vowels. Oral vs. nasal vowels.
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Phonetics and phonology Cross-linguistic variation: Ft. Ware Sekani
Laryngeal contrasts: j vs. ç [ç] = voiceless palatal fricative
[] = voiceless lateral fricative [uwe] ‘fish’ [pi] ‘sleep’
[x] [x] = voiceless velar fricative [xe] ‘pack’ [xA] ‘club’
Laryngeal contrasts: x vs. [ ] = voiced velar fricative
Tone • [V] = high tone vowel • [V] = low tone vowel • [V] = rising tone vowel
Vowel allophones In Ft. Ware Sekani, // is pronounced [I] when the following syllable contains a high vowel. // [I] / ___ ... high vowel
Testing the rule: results [] and [I] differ significantly in height (F1) and backness (F2)