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results. They show that I have been forced to go beyond the 

 limits of the system, and that not even those Greenlandic 

 sounds that belong inside of the limits are always to be iden- 

 tified with any of the sounds given by Sweet, but in reality 

 belong in certain intermediate positions. — Examples, v. g 13. 



Not rounded 

 [i] hfn [f] hfw [f] mfn [e] mfn 



[3 s] mx (nw) and mb(nw) [ë] m(ultra-b) xn [è] m (ultra-b)bn(ornw) 

 [e] m ultra-bn [ä] 1 (ultra-b) x (nw) [à] 1 (ultra-b) bn [a] 1 ultra-bn 

 [a] Ib(nw) [d] Ix(nw) [ä] Ix (nw) 



Rounded 

 [u] hbn [ü] hx (or f) n 

 [y] mbn [ù] hxw [ry] mxn [y] h(fx)w? 

 [0] mbn [0] m ultra-bn [o] 1 (or m ?) ultra-bn 

 [n] 1 ultra-bn [o] 1 (ultra-b) X (nw) 



These results make it possible to draw up the following 

 table showing a fourfold vowel-system : 



narrow 



Not rounded 



Rounded 



ultra back 



back 



mixed 



front 



ultra back 



back 



mixed 



front 









i 





и 



й 





high 



















wide 









t 







Ù 





narrow 





 её® 



(ê) 



(ë) 



e f 







^' 



Ù- 





m id 



e 





Э 













wide 



narrow 



1 ow 



















a à 



a 

 a 



d ä 















wide 

















The uvularized vowels, which constitute the fourth (ultra 

 back) row, and thus in reality stand outside of the ordinary 

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