Gwichʼin language

The Gwichʼin langauge (Dinju Zhuh Kʼyuu in Gwichʼin) is a language spoken by the Gwichʼin people in Canada and Alaska.

 Today 
Gwichʼin is now an endangered language because most Gwichʼin now speak English.

 Sounds 
Gwichʼin has a lot of sounds that are not found in English.

+LetterPronunciationa"a" as in Tinae"e" as in bedi"i" as in bito"ough" as in thoughtu"oo" as in hookaa"a" as in hatee"ay" as in mayii"ee" as in freeoo"o" as in gouu"oo" as in boot
Consonants
+LetterPronunciationb"p"chchʼd"t"drdh"th" like in thisddh"th" like in eighthdjdldzfggwghghwhkkwkhkhwkʼll/mnndnhnjrrhsshshrttʼth"th" as in thintthtthʼtltlʼtrtrʼtstsʼvwyzzh"si" as in visionzhrʼlike the pause between "uh" and "oh" in uh-oh
This letter is a curved apostrophe (ʼ) and not a straight one (').

 References 

Category:Languages of the United States
Category:Alaska
Category:Endangered languages
Category:Languages of Canada