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LANGUAGES SEEM TO EXHIBIT A SIMILAR FECUNDITY OF COMPO- 

 SITIONS. 



The following examples will probably give a satisfactory 

 idea of the process by which the derivatives are produced. 



Stemword: igdlo a house. 



1st class derivatives: igdlorssuaq a large h. , igdlunguaq a 

 small h., igdluvoq it is a h. , igdluliorpoq he builds a h., igdlo- 

 qatd his housefellow. 



2d class: igdlorssualiorpoq he builds a large h., igdlorssua- 

 liarpoq he goes to the 1. h., igdloqatigd he has him for his 

 housefellow. 



3d class: igdlorssualiorfik the place where the 1. h., is being 

 built, igd.lorssualiortoq he who builds the 1. h. , igdloqatigiumavd 

 he wishes to have him for his housefellow. 



4th class: igdlorssualiorfilik one who has a place where a 

 1. h. is being built, igdlorssualiortugssaq one who is going to (can) 

 build a 1. h. 



5th class: igdlorssual'iortugsard he has him as one who 

 can b. a. 1. h. 



6th class: igdlorssualiortugssarsiumavoq he wants to find 

 one who will (can) b. a. 1. h. 



It is a peculiarity to the language that NOUNS AND VERBS 

 ARE ALMOST THE ONLY PARTS OF SPEECH. The nominal stems 

 or words are used as nouns in their original state. The verbal 

 stems require an addition in order to become real verbs , f. i. 

 verbal stem pisuk, verb: pisugpoq he walks. Some stems are at 

 once nominal and verbal. 



Closely allied to nouns, if not wholly to be classed with 

 them, are some demonstrative words or pronouns, while in the 

 main the pronouns are comprised in the verbs and expressed 

 by flexion. Finally there are particles and interjections, probably 

 also originated from similar stems. But true adjectives hardly 

 exist, although nouns placed with nouns can be used as ad- 

 jectives. Other kinds of words are comprised in the nouns 



