Carrier Pronounciation
(Saik'uz Dialect)

Vowels

s̲a	sun
s̲e	belt
si	I
soh	gaff hook
soo	really
sus	black bear
nus̲ukui	he has gone in a loop by boat

Consonants

Here are the consonant sounds of Carrier. Click on a sound to hear an example. Hover over a sound to see the example and its meaning. The sounds in the coloured cells are more-or-less the same as in English.

Manner/POA	Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Lateral	Palatal	Velar	Labiovelar	Glottal
Voiceless stop			t			k	kw	'
Voiced stop	b		d			g	gw
Glottalized stop			t'			k'	kw'
Voiceless affricate		t̲s̲	ts	tl	ch
Voiced affricate		d̲z̲	dz	dl	j
Glottalized affricate		t̲s̲'	ts'	tl'	ch'
Voiceless fricative	f	s̲	s	lh	sh	kh
Voiced fricative		z̲	z			gh
Nasal	m		n		(ny)
Voiced glide/liquid	w		r	l	y
Voiceless glide	wh							h

The Alphabet

Sound	Example	Gloss
a	a	yes
b	bat	mittens
ch	chunih	marten
ch'	ch'oh	porcupine quill
d	dune	man
dl	dlat	a kind of water plant
dz	dzoot	coat
dz	dzulh	mountain
e	khe	grease
f	lugafi	coffee
g	gombilh	rabbit snare
gh	'ughak	fish bones
gw	gwuzeh	Whiskey jack
h	hoh	while
i	ti	road
j	jenyo	bull moose
k	kegon	shoes
k'	k'a	rifle cartridge
kh	khe	grease
kw	kwun	fire
kw (final)	talukw	salmon
kw'	kw'usul	beads
l	lacholbai	yarrow plant
lh (initial)	lhukw	fish
lh (final)	bilh	snare
m	musdus	cow
n	noostel	wolverine
o	yoh	house
oo	too	water
r	lugarat	carrot
s	sa	sun
s	se	belt
sh	shas	grizzly bear
t	talukw	salmon
t'	t'acho	mallard duck
tl	dutleh	it is soft
tl'	tl'o	grass
ts	tsa	beaver
ts'	ts'i	canoe
ts	tse	rock
ts'	ts'al	diaper moss
u	sus	black bear
w	wedlew	sandpiper
wh	whudzih	cariboo
y	ya	sky
z	gwuzeh	Whiskey Jack
z	oozek	his mouth
'	'acho	very quickly

Pairs Illustrating Difficult Contrasts

Here are examples of some potentially difficult contrasts. The pairs of words are chosen so that in most cases they differ only in one place.

Contrast	Word A	Gloss	Word B	Gloss
0/' (initial)	a	yes	'acho	very quickly
'/h	'uk'o'	hunchback	'uk'oh	tracks, footprints
t/t'	dutai	it is thick	dut'ai	bird
kw/kw'	kwus	cold (disease)	kw'us	cloud
kh/h	khoh	goose	hoh	while
l/lh (final)	hodul'eh	he is learning	hodulh'eh	he is teaching
z/dz	oozi	his corpse	oodzi	his heart
s/s	yus	wolf	yus	snow

Some Difficult Clusters

Here are examples of some clusters that may seem difficult at first.

Cluster	Example	Gloss
stl'	stl'o	my grass
lhch'	lhch'atsetselh	double-headed axe
lhgh	lhghasahduke	you (2) are married to each other
lhk'	lhk'utdunghi	eight
lhts	lhtsun	it stinks
lhy	lhyazike	cow and calf