The Tasttine (also Beaver) are Athapaskan aboriginals whose traditional territory is around the Peace River of Alberta, Canada. They were formerly known as the Beaver Tribe.
Language
Sounds
Consonants
Beaver has 35 consonants:
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| Bilabial
| Labio-velar
| Post-dental
| Alveolar
| Post-alveolar
| Velar
| Glottal
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| central
| lateral
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| Stop
| unaspirated
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| t
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| k
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| aspirated
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| tʰ
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| kʰ
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| ejective
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| t’
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| k’
| ʔ
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| Affricate
| unaspirated
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| ʦ̪
| ʦ
| tɬ
| ʧ
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| aspirated
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| ʦ̪ʰ
| ʦʰ
| tɬʰ
| ʧʰ
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| ejective
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| ʦ̪’
| ʦ’
| tɬ’
| ʧ’
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| Nasal
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| m
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| n
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| Fricative
| voiceless
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| s̪
| s
| ɬ
| ʃ
| (x)
| h
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| voiced
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| z̪
| z
| ɮ
| ʒ
| γ
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| Approximant
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| w
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| j
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Vowels
Beaver has 10 phonemic vowels.
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| Front
| Central
| Back
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| High (full)
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| i
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| u
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| Less-high (reduced)
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| ɪ
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| ʊ
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| Mid (full)
| oral
| e
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| o
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| nasal
| ẽ
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| õ
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| Less-low (reduced)
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| ɜ
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| Low (full)
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| a
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Two vowels contrast oral and nasal qualities.
Bibliography
- Cook, Eung-Do; & Rice, Keren (Eds.). (1989). Athapaskan linguistics: Current perspectives on a language family. Trends in linguistics, State of-the-art reports (No. 15). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. ISBN 0-8992-5282-6.
- Story, Gillian. (1989). Problems of phonemic representation in Beaver. In E.-D. Cook & K. Rice (Eds.), Athapaskan linguistics: Current perspectives on a language family (pp. 63-98). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
