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HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES— CHUKCHEE 



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Chukchee Koryak 



nigtdqen<ni< ht-qen niJctd'qeii hard 



The medial ckisters Z:m, ^>/l, j9;i, which are absent in Chukchee, 

 occur in Koryak. 



Chukchee 



gewmine' Lhi < ge-lcminel-Un 



amnilka < a-pnl-Jca 

 namfiila'tinat 78.4 <na-phl- 

 atinat 



Koryak 



gakmi'fialin she brought forth 



a child 

 apniTka no news 

 gapftilanvo'Ienau they told 



about Kor. 26.1 



Auxiliary Vowels. — The most frequent auxiliar}^ vowel is /; but 

 «, which replaces Chukchee a, also occurs. 



Chukchee Koryak 



yara'ni yaya'na house 



nitcdqin ni'Uaqin heavy 



The terminal vowel / in Koryak often assumes a more per- 

 ceptible nasalisation than the corresponding Chukchee sound 

 (see § 2, p. 645). 



ee!ti and ee'tin to the sky Kor. 14.9, 10. 



(Compare Chukchee anqa-torme'ti to the seashore 67.17) 

 Initial Consonantic Clusters. — I have found the following initial 

 clusters in the Koryak of Kamenskoye: 



It will be seen that this table agrees well with the corresponding 

 table in Chukchee {r being throughout replaced by y), except that 

 tv occurs, which is impossible in Chukchee. 



Kor. Kam. Chukchee 



tvi'tikin he stands vetc'a'i'lcin (stem -tvettd) 



tottai' nik-tvt' ttkm he stands gatve'ttalen 



on the outer part of the 



house Kor. 43.5 

 gatvi'lin he stood 

 * 3045°— Bull. 40, pt. 2—12 43 §18 



