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VOCABULARIES OF NORTH AMERICA. 



alone, and which is not preserved in its integrity by an 

 appeal to the eye, alterations for the sake of euphony are fre- 

 quent, and these, which are not uncommon with the Eskimo, 

 vary with the delicacy of the ear of the speaker. Thus 

 when the termination ivangha does not blend pleasingly 

 with the preceding syllable, langha is substituted, and the 

 general pronunciation is more nasal with some small com- 

 munities, more guttural with others. 



Examples of Nouns declined transitively and 

 intransitively. 



Nelegane, his master ; neleganga, another person's master ; and 

 similar variations of the noun, have, in like manner, their various 

 inflections. 



