{"id":2789,"date":"2010-12-29T17:04:30","date_gmt":"2010-12-29T22:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/"},"modified":"2017-07-17T21:10:37","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T01:10:37","slug":"glottal-stops","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/en\/grammar\/sounds-east-cree\/orthography\/roman\/glottal-stops\/","title":{"rendered":"Glottal Stops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

<\/a>Glottal Stops<\/h1>\r\n

Under certain conditions, vowels can be pronounced with a final glottal stop [\u0294].\u00a0 A glottal stop is the sound you hear in the middle of the English word uh-oh; it feels like a catch in your throat.<\/p>\r\n

In Southern East Cree, when a long vowel or a diphthong occurs before a [t\u0283] sound, you can hear a glottal stop before the [t\u0283].<\/p>\r\n
Southern<\/th>\r\nSyllables<\/th>\r\nIPA<\/a><\/th>\r\n<\/tr>
<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n\u00a0waapaache<\/td>\r\n\u00a0waa-paa-che<\/td>\r\n\u00a0[wa\u02d0 -\u02c8pa\u02d0\u0294- \u0283e ]<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
<\/td>\r\n\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\n\u00a0aweche<\/td>\r\n\u00a0a-we-che<\/td>\r\n\u00a0[a -\u02c8we\u02d0\u0294 – \u0283e ]<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\nmichisuuche<\/td>\r\n\u00a0mi-chi-suu-che<\/td>\r\n\u00a0[mi – chi -\u02c8su\u02d0\u0294 – \u00a0\u0283e ]<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Similarly, in the Northern dialect, you can hear a glottal stop before the [t\u0283]. In this dialect\u00a0the glottal stop that occurs with dubitative inflection<\/a> or dubitative pronouns<\/a> is often written chi.<\/p>\r\n
Northern<\/th>\r\nSyllables<\/th>\r\nIPA<\/a><\/th>\r\n<\/tr>
<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n\u00a0waapaachichaa<\/td>\r\n\u00a0waa-paachi-chaa<\/td>\r\n\u00a0[wa\u02d0 -\u02c8pa\u02d0\u0294 – \u0283a\u02d0 ]<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
<\/td>\r\n\r\n\"Click<\/td>\u00a0awaachichaa<\/td>\r\n\u00a0a-waachi-chaa<\/td>\r\n\u00a0[a -\u02c8wa\u02d0\u0294 – \u0283a\u02d0 ]<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\nmichisuuchichaa<\/td>\r\n\u00a0mi-chi-suuchi-chaa<\/td>\r\n\u00a0[mi – chi -\u02c8su\u02d0\u0294 – \u00a0\u0283a\u02d0 ]<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Words that end in a vowel can also be optionally pronounced with a glottal stop when they are pronounced by themselves (that is, when they are not in a sentence). However, this doesn’t happen if the word already ends with an [h] sound.<\/p>\r\n
Northern<\/th>\r\nSyllables<\/th>\r\nIPA<\/a><\/th>\r\n<\/tr>
<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\npuushi<\/td>\r\npuu – shi<\/td>\r\n[ \u02c8pu \u031e – \u0283i\u0294 ]<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\nnuutimiiwaasiu<\/td>\r\nnuuti – mii – waa – siu<\/td>\r\n[ nu\u031e\u02d0t – mi\u02d0 – \u02c8wa\u02d0 – su\u0294 ]<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\npwaashtuu<\/td>\r\npwaash – tuu<\/td>\r\n[ \u02c8p\u0254\u02d0\u0283 – tu\u031e\u0294 ]<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Southern<\/th>\r\nSyllables<\/th>\r\nIPA<\/a><\/th>\r\n<\/tr>
<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Words with only one vowel sound are often pronounced with a glottal stop when they are pronounced in isolation. You can hear the glottal stop right after the vowel.<\/p>\r\n
Northern<\/th>\r\nSyllables<\/th>\r\nIPA<\/a><\/th>\r\n<\/tr>
<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\naan<\/td>\r\naan<\/td>\r\n[ \u00a0\u02c8a\u02d0\u0294 – n \u00a0]<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\npiin<\/td>\r\npiin<\/td>\r\n[ \u00a0\u02c8i\u02d0\u0294 – n \u00a0]<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\ntii<\/td>\r\ntii<\/td>\r\n[ \u00a0\u02c8i\u02d0\u0294 \u00a0]<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Southern<\/th>\r\nSyllables<\/th>\r\nIPA<\/a><\/th>\r\n<\/tr>
<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
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