. CONTENTS. 



Page 



Preface Xl-XVII 



Introduction. 



I, 1. My journey (with a map) 3 



2. My method of investigation 5 



3. My own and other methods of spelling in Greenlandic. . 9 

 II. Historical data about the East Eskimo 15 — 48 



III, 1 . Survey of the literature about the Eskimo language, histor- 

 ically arranged, with some notes and quotations in 

 connection with the works mentioned 49 — 61 



a. Accounts of Travellers and Geographical Works containing 



collections of Eskimo words or specimen texts 49 



b. Dictionaries and First Translations 53 



с Grammars and Text-books etc. by authors who have 



learned the Eskimo language by hearing it .5.5 



d. Comparative or descriptive treatments of the language by 



scholars who have probably not heard it themselves . . 57 

 2. The intellectual culture of the Greenlanders at the present 



time. Eskimo literature in Greenland Gl —66 



Phonetic investigation of the North-Cireenliindic language. 



1. The articulation and system of sounds 69 — 119 



§ 1. Physiological characteristics 69 



§ 2. Activity of the lungs. Aspiration (h). Tenues 71 



§ 3. Activity of the glottis. Unvoiced consonants. Glottal 



stop 71 



§ 4. Voiced consonants. Vowels 73 



§ 5. The soft palate. Nasalization and suuflling 73 



§ 6. Uvular consonants (q 'q r fj) 75 



§ 7. The consonant system 80 



§ 8. Back consonants {k ri^ x) 81 



§ 9. Front consonants {j s) 87 



