Letter DDH
Letter ddh is pronounced slightly differently depending on whether the sound is at the start or end of a syllable. At the start of a syllable it is similar to tth except that it is not accompanied by a puff of air. At the end of a syllable, ddh is made with vocal cords vibrating.
Click on a video below to see and hear Mrs. Irene Arnold pronouncing words with DDH.
ddheł mountains
teddh night
ts'addheł we are chopping (it)
naandeddh in front
Click below to hear Mrs. Irene Arnold illustrating the difference between tth and ddh at the end of words.
Sentences with contrasting dental sounds.
Ddheł k'et taathéth déltthox naandeddh dídedháltth'ih. On the mountain you are all sitting in front of a brown tent.
Ttheetheł naadeddh dídzéltth'ih. We are sitting in front of the steambath.
Dihthâad tah ntthûuy ts'eeyithet. Your (man's) grandchild woke up at Mansfield.
Tanacross tth and ddh are voiceless aspirated and unaspirated alveo-dental affricates [tƟh] and [tƟ], respectively. At the end of syllables tth and ddh represent voiceless and voiced affricates [tƟ] and [dð], respectively. In phrase-final position tth may be pronounced as a fricative th.
similar sounds