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fc>y, probably through an intermediate g, is a shift well known in 

 the Greenland grammar; e. g., 



The older g^ from which the y developed, may be traced in the long 

 vowel in the plural of such words as mannik egg, plural man- 

 fieet, probably <itiannigit (Thalbitzer I, 250). 



The shifting from terminal h to y is known in many other dialects. 

 y appears as a linal sound in nearly all the dialects, excepting 

 those of West Greenland, Labrador, and Mackenzie river; but 

 most of the dialects that present forms with y abound in 

 examples of other words ending in l. We get the impression 

 that either the speakers' own pronunciation must have been 

 somewhat fluctuating on this point, or else the recorders must 

 have vacillated in their interpretation of the sounds heard. 



Baffin land saviy. West Greenland and Labrador savi'k knife 



Baffin land iniiy\ West Greenland and Labrador mwX- man, etc.; 

 {y jMssii/i in Baffin land) ; but also — 



Baffin land ixaluk (Boas IV, -47); West Greenland and Labrador 

 eqaluk salmon 



Baffin land qaxodluk {ibid. Ill, 127); West Greenland and Labra- 

 dor qaquLLuk fulmar 



Baffin land kouk {ibid. IV); West Greenland and Labrador kook 

 river 



[The difi'erences in pronunciation in Baffin land are individual diflfer- 

 ences. In 18S4 the old men from the east coast of Cumberland 

 sound used throughout the oral stops; while women and young 

 men used nasalized consonants. It seems that the nasalization 

 is in this case due to an extension of the characteristic pronun- 

 ciation of women to the male sex. — F. B.] 



Smith Sound qopanung [qoqyanuy] Greenland qupalu (arsu) spar- 

 row 

 Smith Sound marmy or tnaqqoy Greenland ^na^-izw^ two 

 Point Barrow Tnadririn [-riy] Greenland inarLoreek twins 



Point Barrow njarun [ujar'ay] Greenland ujarak a stone 



Point Barrow -loin [wiy] Greenland -vik place (suffix) 



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