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Jj a sort of ^, with the tip of the tongue bent up toward the alveolar 

 arch, in some districts assuming the character of an untrilled 

 palatal r, like the English r in arab, but with a firmer 

 pressure against the palate; for instance, in the southern part 

 of Egedesminde district (Disco bay) aa^pa^aartoq instead of 

 aa^palaartoq red. 



m as in English, but it is often long in Eskimo. 



ammassdt [a7n:as:dt] capelans. 



7i articulated like t and x, at the lower edge of the upper teeth or at 

 their posterior surface. 



y like ng in sing, singer (notice that the combination yg does not 

 occur in Eskimo). Frequently this sound is so loosely- articu- 

 lated that it may be described rather as a nasalized g [g] fricative. 



ayakkoq shaman 



eya pot 



ayut man, father 



paniya or paniga my daughter 



N see q. 



o is a little more closed than the French o in rose. 



saklo implement (used for hunting) 

 anore wind 



00 is more like a long u (q. v.); but oor means, in ordinary transcrip- 

 tion, uvularized o [o] or \o\ which is more open. 

 ooneq [u :nEq^ a burn 

 o uvularized o rather closed like o in so, followed by the Eskimo 

 fricative r or q. 



qooq urine 



ornipjxia he comes to him 



uvularized <>^ more open, like o in English more, or like a in all, 

 followed by /' or q. See f, o. 



orssoq \prs:oq^ blubber 

 p as in French pas without aspiration. 



paa mouth of a river 

 q uvular nasal —n (Passy, 1. c, § 196). 



evNit (dialect of Disco bay) lakes = er;/??*?^, singular {7neq fresh 

 water; in Oommannaq fiord also intervocalic: anoNe—anoqe 

 WIND, instead of anore. 

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