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Since the vowel-pair e-a, and the vowels | and a of Chukchee, 

 are much more common than the i and u groups, the ablaut is not 

 as striking a feature of Koryak as it is of Chukchee, 



In the Kamenskoye dialect the ablaut of i and u is not as rigidly 

 required as in Chukchee. Particularly in word composition the 

 weak vowels often remain uninfluenced by the strong vowels with 

 which they come into contact. We find, for instance, — 

 7iapda' -mu' yu instead of napda'-mo'yo we are left. 



The weak i of Chukchee, which is due to the contraction of thi 

 and 6hi into ti and ci, does not occur, since the consonantic cluster 

 remains unchanged. 



palqa'thitnin or palqathe'nin old age (compare Chukchee 

 palqa't irgin < palga'thirgin) 



Initial u inserted before w, labialized k (who)^ and y, occurs here 

 as in Chukchee, and is neutral. 



Koryak Chukchee 



uwa'tikin he kisses (stem uwat) ukwe'erhin (stem ukwet) 



uya^'qut husband (stem uya^'qut) uwa}'quc (stem uwa^'qubi) 



Several dialects of both groups of the Koryak have retained the 



vowels t and |. These have the ablaut analogous to that of the 



Chukchee. 



Kor. Kamenskoye gatai'kilin (stem taiki) 1 



Kor. Paren gtUi'kilin (stem tiiki) \ he has made 



Chukchee gtUi'kilin (stem teiki) J 



§ 18, Other JPhonetic Processes 



Lack of Vocalic Contraction. — When two vowels come together, 

 contraction rarely occurs. 



Chukchee Kor. Kam. 



anqa'-n7ia'n<anqa'-Enna'n anqa'-Enna'n sea-fish 



neu^' ttin <neu-a^' ttin naw-a^'ttin she-dog 



Medial Consonantic Processes. — The alveolars t and i, are not pala- 

 talized by following g or h (see § 7, 26). 



Chukchee Koryak 



palqa'ti-rgin<palqat-girgin paXqath-e'-nm old age 



n generally remains unchanged before other consonants. 



Chukchee Koryak 



tam-pera! rkin <tan-jpera! rkm tan-peye'yhin he looks well 

 qinere'mpei^ take meat out of kokafipalai'ke they take meat 

 kettle for me (stemm^^) out of kettle Kor. 27.5 



k before other consonants occurs. 

 §18 



