Dena'ina alphabet

The Dena'ina Alphabet, in alphabetical order, presented with one example by FS, PK, or BM.

Click on the musical note symbol symbol to hear the audio recording of a word.

  • ' - sh'izhi play symbol - my name; Glottal stop (apostrophe)
  • a - tał play symbol - mat
  • b - baba play symbol- dry fish
  • ch - chada play symbol - grandfather
  • ch' - ch'da play symbol - blanket
  • d - daz'i play symbol - fire
  • dl - jaldlih play symbol - s/he is laughing
  • dz - hudzegh play symbol - it has been raked
  • e - ełnen play symbol - land, ground
  • g - gega play symbol - berry
  • gg - ggagga play symbol - brown bear
  • gh/h - ghiłyuts play symbol - it snowed
  • gh/h - hagi play symbol - basket
  • ĥ - ĥa ĥa play symbol - sweetie, honey! (Shem Pete)
  • i - tl'ił play symbol - rope, line
  • j - jałjadi play symbol - wild geranium
  • k - kił play symbol - young man, boy
  • k' - łik'a play symbol - dog
  • l/ł - chi'el'ul play symbol - I am playing
  • l/ł - łi play symbol - glacier
  • m - miłni play symbol - water
  • n - neł play symbol - wedge
  • q - qanchi play symbol - porcupine
  • q' - q'ua play symbol - goodbye
  • t - tinitun play symbol - trail
  • t' - t'ash play symbol - charcoal
  • tl - hetl play symbol - sled
  • tl' - chitl' play symbol - snow (on ground)
  • ts - betsen play symbol - his flesh
  • ts' - ts'ełq'i play symbol - one
  • u - nuł play symbol - sleep
  • w - ch'wala play symbol - spruce
  • x - ts'ix play symbol - mosquito
  • y - yił play symbol - day's journey
  • ŷ - suŷ play symbol - sand
  • z/s - sez play symbol - belt
  • z/s - izin play symbol - gun
  • zh/sh - shani play symbol - summer
  • zh/sh - ezhi play symbol - it is cold
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Portraits Feodosia Sacaloff, James Kari and Peter Kalifornsky at 1974 Kenai Peninsula History conference.
Portraits Feodisia Sacaloff, Bertha Monfor, and Eva Lorenzo at Bertha's home ca. 1972.