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With respect to the use of t and ^'f, West Greenland may 

 be divided into three parts: the South Greenlanders use the 

 sound-combination ts\ instead of this, long t is used north of 

 Hoistensborgi?! as far as the north coast of Oommannaq ¥']oxå ', 

 in the Upernmvik District we find in these cases 6; or ç (post- 

 palatalized and usually longi. 



Long s (or in Kleinschmidt"s orthography ss), which is 

 common to all of West Greenland, has a peculiarly modified 

 articulation in South Greenland by which it becomes different 

 from the short s. This peculiarity also constitutes one of the 

 differences between South Greenlandic and North Greenlandic, 

 but, since I have not had the opportunity of becoming acquainted 

 with the South Greenlandic pronunciation by hearing it myself, 

 1 do not know in how far this s- resembles the Upernawik q'- 

 sound (cf. g 9). 



The dialect of Ammassalik in East Greenland has the fol- 

 lowing peculiarities: q- h p' instead of p' y <р'^ likewise t- for 

 /• (in the language of Upernawik X' is usual, in the language 

 of Anras-alik, rarei. Furthermore i ü?) is to a large extent 

 used instead of u, e instead of o, these vowels having become 

 unrounded ; this is, to be sure, unusual in Upernawik, but it 

 is not altogether unknown. — The g-sound seems to be usual 

 in East Greenlandic, whereby it is connected with South Green- 

 landic on the west coast. Likewise this dialect is no doubt 

 connected with South Greenlandic in its use of ts (i. e. tç\ 

 where the middle belt on the west coast has t- (Jakobshavn 

 — Oommannaq) and the Upernawik dialect ç\ Thus, from 

 a phonetical point of view, it deviates from the dialect of 

 Upernawik in two essential points, a fact which makes me 

 hesitate to assume a very close connection between these two 

 dialects. 



On the whole, it may be said that most of the peculiarities 

 are piled up in the language of Jm-as-alik, which bears 

 evidence of having been isolated for a long time. When the 



