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(6) The glottal stop following the initial vowel of Chukchee and 

 Koryak is often replaced by x or li preceding the vowel. 



(8) In Kamchadal, Z, c, c, and ;' often replace one another (see § 2, 



p. 646). 



cJdj6 thou art ric thou wert | 



txcjin I strike him txlin 1 struck him ^ 



(9) In the Sedanka dialect, c changes to ;'/ s changes to z; and 



sometimes fc, Tc! change to ^, y.' 

 P^xamples : 



Okhotsk dialect Sedanka dialect 



cnncjtfn juncjci^n they live 



• sd7ilc zmik into the wood 



ci'la-tumx zla-tomx brother 



Iconi'n qijini'n one 



Ido'lkinin qld'Tkimn he has come 



(10) In the Sedanka dialect there is also a tendency to drop the last 

 syllables of suffixes. Not as manj- auxiliary vowels occur as in other 

 dialects, and of double consonants one is always omitted. 



Okhotsk dialect Sedanka dialect 



a'tinum a'tnom village 



te'mxicjk tc'mxis 1 ascend 



Ici'mma Tcrma' I 



(11) Instead of the pure??, we find an ?j with somewhat lateral pro- 

 nunciation. 



Okhotsk dialect Sedanka dialect 



E'nu s'hi n. then 



§ 22. Vocalic Ablaut 

 In Kamchadal the ablaut affects almost all the vowels, which are 

 much more numerous than those of either Chukchee or Koryak. 



% changes to «. u changes to o. 



i changes to ^ or a. u changes to o. 



e changes to a. E changes to o or u. 

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