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of this shift in the Greenland language, where it appears in double 

 forms of words, like nue7'Loq—nuerLuk^ etc. (Thalbitzer I, 176). 



Labrador East Greenland West Greenland 



■u^F-X. 



uhva 



XF-^^-ss, 



■nagvarpo(] 

 [naxFa:r-] 



uppa uxxa or ^iffci perhaps 



Mackenzie River 



nadjuvaptoph na'"'ssaarpoq finds, invents 



something 



wX-F. 



hhvgak Jdvgaph 



g-w. As for this shift, see § 4. 



Jti^FFaq 



a servant 



§ 10. Vocalic Shifts 



The shifting oio> e,u> *', is one of the principal differences between 

 the dialects of West and East Greenland (Thalbitzer I, 196 et seq). 

 Likewise many words of the western dialects, as spelled by the dif- 

 ferent recorders, bear evidence of vocalic changes of no less impor- 

 tance. In Alaska we often find u. in the base of the word, corre- 

 sponding to / or e in Greenland. 



: Baflau land irmadlin a piece of skin used to lay in the bottom of a kayak. 



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