Phoneme: ę́ę́
IPA: [ẽ́ː]
ę́ę́ [ẽ́ː]: mid front long vowel, nasalized, high tone
Word: nít’ę́ę́’ [nɪ́.t’ẽ́ːʔ] “was” Syllable type: CV.CVːC
Description: Two syllables. The final syllable is a stem. It has a coronal ejective t’ [t’] in onset (initial position in the syllable) with a mid front long nasalized high tone vowel, ę́ę́ [ẽ́ː], the syllable is closed by a glottal stop in coda. (Note the difference between the duration of the first short vowel and the final long vowel. Also note the long closure period of the ejective stop t’ [t’].)
