IPA for the pronunciation of つづく


How do you pronounce "つづく"?

[tsɯ̥dzɯkɯ] or [tsɯdzɯkɯ] or [tsɯzɯkɯ]

Any comment are welcomed, as long as you know how to use IPA to transcribe
human speech.

---3/23 night---

Wiktionary: [t͡sɨᵝzɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝ] I personally believe this one is possible since the
pronunciation of t͡s and z is more front while k is back. The vowels are
affected as a result.

ja.forvo.com/word/続く/#ja: all examples in this site gives pronunciation that
omit none of the three "u" in "tsuduku".

[tsɯ̥dzɯkɯ̥] or [tsdzɯk]: This one is interesting. I also agree that
pronunciative change may happen in a fast and continuous speech.

アクセント核がない、無声子音に挟まれている、という場合の /i/ /u/ が弱化・無声化する、というのは基本的な規則です。(Can I interpret
it as the rule of dictionary pronunciation? I mean, when the speaker pronounce
つづく isolatedly or no in a fast speecha, and hence the standard pronunciation.)




"How do I pronounce X" is almost always a very difficult question to ask,
because pronunciation is often dependent on the context of the word and (more
importantly) the dialect used. You're looking for the dictionary form which is
referenced [here](https://ja.forvo.com/word/%E7%B6%9A%E3%81%8F/#ja), so I'll
assume that the correct pronunciation is the correct IPA for what these
speakers are saying.

Pitch accent: つづく{LHH}  
Speakers 1, 3, & 4: t͡sɯzɯkɯ  
Speaker 2: t͡sɯᵝzɯᵝkɯᵝ

I know IPA isn't an exact science, but the second speaker definitely used a
more rounded close back vowel, but never went fully into the "u" sound.

Based on this set at least, I'd put the correct pronunciation as "t͡sɯzɯkɯ"
for the dictionary form. A waveform analysis of the files might find evidence
for a "d͡z" sound somewhere in there, but I can't personally hear any of them
using that.

