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SekaniSekani is the name of an Athabaskan people and language in northern central interior of British Columbia. Their territory includes Finlay and Parsnip River draingages of the Rocky Mountain Trench. The Sekani are surrounded by the following Athabaskan peoples: Babine, Carrier, Beaver, Slavey, Kaska, and Tahltan. Culture Language Sounds Consonants | colspan="2" rowspan="2" | | align="center" | Bilabial | align="center" colspan="2" | Alveolar | align="center" | Palatal | align="center" colspan="2" | Velar | align="center" | Glottal | | | align="center" | central | align="center" | lateral | | align="center" | plain | align="center" | labial | | | rowspan="3" | Stop | unaspirated | align="center" | | align="center" | | | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | | aspirated | align="center" | | align="center" | | | | align="center" | | align="center" | | | | ejective | | align="center" | | | | align="center" | | align="center" | | | | rowspan="3" | Affricate | unaspirated | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | | | | | aspirated | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | | | | | ejective | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | | | | | Nasal | | align="center" | | align="center" | | | | | | | | rowspan="2" | Fricative | voiceless | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | | voice | | align="center" | | | | align="center" | | | | | Appoximant | | | | align="center" | | align="center" | | | align="center" | | | Vowels | | ALIGN="center" | Front | ALIGN="center" | Central | ALIGN="center" | Back | | High | ALIGN="center" | | | ALIGN="center" | | | Mid | ALIGN="center" | | ALIGN="center" | | ALIGN="center" | | | Low | | ALIGN="center" | | | Bibliography - Hargus, Sharon. (1988). The lexical phonology of Sekani. Outstanding dissertations in linguistics. New York: Garland Publishers. ISBN 0-8240-5187-4.
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