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Uviilarized lip-consonants 1 have noted down from 

 the southern part of the district of Egedesminde for instance in: 



[is^er^ûlkrt] with uvularized f instead of the usual 

 [/s'er^j^a'^J ^ (cf. page 151). 



With respect to the diffusion of nasalization, I think 

 1 may formulate the rule that a short vowel before a long 

 nasal sound becomes nasalized ; and that likewise final e after 

 an m or и very often becomes nasalized, as in: 



\a'rinv§Y [nta-'iif]'^ [äm-as'alik]^. 



An )' followed by a nasal sound is always nasalized, indeed 

 the nasalization often extends to the vowel preceding r, as in : 

 [arwä^]^ or [ärwät]. 



The nasalization, however, I have generally left unindicated 

 on account of the big difference between the individual 

 speakers in this respect. Many words are only occasionally 

 subjected to this influence. 



§ 25. The influence exerted on vowels by neighboring 

 consonants has been incidentally touched upon in § 12 and § 24. 

 The influence of consonants upon preceding vowels 

 is seen in the following examples : 



[a — a — ä\ [длпщ — amer — d^vnät] ^ 



[a — a — «J [atdrparpiU — atdrpcr — atorpdt] "' 



Ipeqarpdq — 2^ЩЩ'^^Щ\ ^ 

 [e — i — i\ \sule — suiilo\ ^ \paise — piiisit] ^^' 



\ise — isip — is'ip^cj — istTicr] ^^ 

 fe — e — /] \amQq — anw — anvip — <iin-it] ^- 

 (o — — u\ [niaqocj — nifujim] ^^ 



\i?:':)vsuaq — ik-o — ik'up — i):uk — i?:ùt\ '*. 



^ they went in to him. - (interjection) ^ beneath, underneath ■* (place- 

 name) * women " a woman — his woman (mother) —women ' we use it 

 — he uses it — are they used *■ there is — there i.s not '^ yet— and \et 

 '" a seal — seals " eye — eye's - he gets (got) something in his eye — he is 

 looking at him " a skin his skins — skin's — skin " a head - his head. 

 ^* a big house — a house — house's - two houses — houses. 



