Sekani language

The Sekani language or Tse’khene is a Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Sekani people of north-central British Columbia, Canada.

Consonants
Sekani has 33 consonants:

Vowels
,, and are reduced vowels, that is, phonetically shorter and not found word finally. Nasal vowels are rarely reduced, but there are at least two words with.

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.

Nasalization
Nasalization of vowels is phonemic. The root *ghèl means scrape, while the root *ghę̀l means roll. Nasal vowels also contrast with vowels followed by. A near-minimal pair is correct and  it's solid.

Orthography
The orthography of the Kwadcha Tsek'ene dictionary uses the following letters.

In addition, $⟨wu⟩$ represents, $⟨iii⟩$ represents , $⟨ee⟩$ represents , and $⟨aa⟩$ represents.

Sample words
These words are from the FirstVoices dictionary for Kwadacha Tsek'ene dialect.

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