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there is no voiced d^ no point- r, and no voiced or unvoiced 

 fricative like the English th-sounds []) öj. 



Greenlandic t = ßO^'^''^^ ^ 

 n n = /50 ^"^ "•' ^^ 



Cf. Icelandic, Færoic, Norwegian, French (?)*) ^, n == /90^ 

 German, Danish*) t, n = /90^% English*) ^, n = ßO^^^m 



On my phonetical lists, I find that of 1 1 1 observations of 

 the t (or P) position, the position /9 ^ (or de) occurs 89 times, 

 the position ^9edore^ ig x\^q=, ф^^^ 4 times). 



Among my 60 ^«-observations, I have /î^dore 26 times, 

 ß^'^'^^ 18 times, /9^*°^*^ 16 times. 



There appears, then, to be a slight difference between t 

 and n with respect to the place of closure. There seems to 

 be a tendency to articulate n a little higher up behind the 

 teeth than ^; Ms more nearly interdental than n. Ex.: 



Щ 



[a-ta-y XVIII ßOi^ XVII ßO^^ XIV ßO^^i^^^^^) VIII /9 О <>('•«) I /90^ 

 \<ia^qY XIX ßO^^or^ XVIII ßC)^^'^^^ XVII /90«*« XIV /90«^ 



[ta-lutdi-q\* ßQa<>^a^ 



\ata-ta'\^ ßO^°'<^^ 



\qila-n\<^ ßO^ 



[d.p-ctumUc]"' ßd^^^^) 



\ода-Ч-щ\^ ßO^^^^) 



{па -lori-it'dqY ßO^^^^^ 



{q^at-oiiatvhq]^'^ ßO^^^"^' 



\Ш1'отг1'е]^^ ßO^'^^^ II [t'] ßO<"^-^\''^ 



lpU-a'''woq]^'^ ßO^i^^) 



') Jespersen: Fonetik g 190, Articulations g 66— .57. 



' his or her grandfather ' a water-cask ' a reindeer •• a shooting-sail 

 •'' his or her father ^ drum ; violin ^ slowly " a cormorant ^ one who 

 knows sfmiething '" it is calm '^ soon '' it (or he) is excellent. 



