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Л loss of sound which, in North Greenland at least, has 

 become established is that which occurs in the inflection of 

 the suffix -t-Haq, which in the plural becomes t-a-4 instead of 

 t'Ha'4, in the locative Pcfme instead of t'Harme {O-nrmräPa'me, 

 in O'm'au'ät-Haq). 



Also the reverse may take place, that is, new sounds may 

 arise as strengthened glides between two sounds which 

 are difficult to articulate rapidly in succession, and which them- 

 selves could neither be changed nor omitted without affecting 

 the intelligibility of the word. Cf. §24. Ex.: 



\iia — mve\ [исща — июащ] ^ [qüaluüq — qüalutvaq] - 



[ni — гш-г] [uhrpa- — игсгагрсг] ^ [ащгщ — сщшиг^щ] * 



[io — ijo] [tuawidrpdq — tuwawij'Drpdq] ^ 



[ia — i^ci] [сщшщ ■ — а71игощщ\ * 



[io — що\ [nhq — ni^'iq] ^ (Omnq.) 



All of these forms are to be heard, and it may be difficult 

 to decide whether the fullest or the most contracted ones are 

 the most original ; the diff'erence between them is at all events 

 insignificant, for w and g are very loosely articulated. 



On comparing the forms of the same word in various 

 dialects , we often find differences which indicate sound- 

 reductions similar to those here mentioned. 



[awa-- ua] W. Greenl. ^^аинщ-а"' E. Greenl. pumia'^ 

 [itvi — r] » niwiàvsi'Aq^ •> Hcjarsiaq^ 



[t'na — t'a] » кспщ ^ « ксщ ^ 



[аки — au] Greenl. maujtqroq^^ Lahr, inakujup-dq ^° 

 [uwu — w] " nu'k^^ » nuwuk^^ 



'I '•'a kind of whale (delphinus ieiikas) ^ he goes around it 'a spear 

 to kill harpooned seals with '" hasten, hurry ''' a leg ^ from the south- 

 east or from up there " unmarried woman '' face '" is fastidious, is 

 disgusted with something " a point of land. 



