Symbol | English Example | Dena'ina Example | English Translation | |
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a | father | adada | uncle | |
b | bib | biquduni | one person kayak | |
ch | children | chada | grandfather, old man | |
ch' | similar to "ch" but ending with a slight popping sound | ch'u | and | |
d | did | Dena'ina | the people or the language | |
dl | paddling | dlut' | freshwater algae | |
dz | adze (said with the "dz" as one sound) | k'kidza | small pelt, piece of fur | |
e | set | ena | mommy | |
g | get | gasht'ana | white people | |
gg | similar to "g" but produced further back in the throat | ggagga | brown bear | |
gh | similar to a French gutteral "r" as in rouge | gheli | real, true, genuine | |
h | hill | henyi | you (plural) | |
ĥ | similar to "h" but produced further back in the throat | ĥay | whew (expressing relief) |
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