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Notes to the key-words of the гJ-list*) 



The small numerals (i— 28) refer to (the v in) the key-words as 



pronounced by the individuals (I — XX). 



XVI ^avà: firmer closure than in sava. — XIX a\ or 12, 

 consequently rounding of the lips, indicated as strongly 

 marked: 1, less pronounced: 12. ■* 12 cr?. '^ 1 -o-. " even 

 here in '', the sound has no resemblance to the English w. 

 which is perhaps due to the fact that the lips are very little 

 pouted, but it is decidedly bilabial. ^° the under lips are 

 drawn slightly nearer to the lower teeth. ^^ there is nothing 

 of the English м', for in the articulation of v the lips remain 

 at rest (between м and o] ; between the o- and г^ -positions 

 there is merely a narrowing, a contraction from a larger to 

 a smaller rounding. ^^ without any trace of v. ^^' ^*' '°' '^ 

 *'^' ^^ without any trace of ^, but the boy's father Sakarias 

 has in the last (^^) a slight indication of v ['^^'såY], but 

 '^'' [i¥këk] (sic!). ^^ [ivshovok]. ^^ v almost == o. 2^' ^^-^^ with- 

 out V. — XX V is articulated with the lips separated (-0- «4) 

 I is it an individual peculiarity? the open mouth (separated lips) 

 is a very common position of rest in this place (NiaKornàrsuk)] 

 the under lip is merely tightened and drawn up a little toward 

 the teeth; the upper lip is drawn slightly down. ^ with a 

 little tinge of the Englisli iv. ^ here, as in the case of 

 several of the other words, a very loose closure between the 

 under lip and the lower teeth and with the lips somewhat 

 rounded («23». ■* perhaps the best analphabetical indication. 

 NB. here is almost no trace of any resemblance to the 

 English w. i9and2o abQ^it; like о without rounding of the lips(?). 

 — XVIII c^ the closure very loose, which is perhaps the 

 reason whv there is some little resemblance to n\ *^~'^ bi- 



*) I took down these notes during the experiments (iiemselves in Green- 

 land, and they are heie given in the same order in which i wrote 

 them. Between the first and the last there was an interval of more 

 than a year. 



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