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§4. The voiced sounds in Greenlandic are: (1) the vowels, 

 (2) the nasalized consonants, (3) the short fricatives [r g / w]. 

 — Voiced mediae (g, d, b) do not occur. 



There seems to be most vocal force in combinations of 

 sounds like [rn, r7i] etc. Of the voiced consonants, the nasals 

 [m n 7i\^ especially when long, are more strongly and decidedly 

 voiced than the others \l r q w], which become unvoiced when 

 they are lengthened, as in the words : 



pulcnv'oq^ p'uÅ'dt- 

 niq^aq'^ iViy-dt'^ 



uni'arpa' ^ un'ep-aq ^ 



But even when short, these fricatives may sometimes be un- 

 voiced in words where they generally are voiced, as in: 

 side''^ //« ^° iluanik'^'^ crrit^- etc. 



unvoiced vowels (whispered vowels) 1 heard quite often, 

 especially as finals, and especially among old people. I fre- 

 quently heard [k'sj\än-\e] with a whispered [k*s\ instead of 

 [kisi'cin-'e] ^^. 



On the whole, the Greenlanders speak with a clear strong 

 voice, and, as far as the men are concerned, with a deep chest 

 voice. 



The contrast between the voiceless and the most strongly 

 voiced sounds is very distinctly heard. 



§5. The soft palate with the uvula is of notable signi- 

 ficance for the production of sounds in the Eskimo language. 



In the first place, the soft palate is used, as in other 

 languages, for nasalizing, and it is frequently in use for this 



' he (she, it) slips in '■' a trap ' a snare * do. in tlie plural '' lie drags 



it along the ground " Uark of a liailf.d aqnalic animal ' grass ^^ do. in 



the plural " yet '" yes, of course! '' its inlerifir (instrumental) " now yon 

 can see ! '^ but. 



