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i.> indicated by сЛ, rg^ \y\ by gy^ eg*), [/•] by (II (W, г7); bv 

 corresponds to the Greenlandic {<f\ , as in tiibvak, a fern, 

 = Gv.ui<fak\ they are both unvoiced, but the Labrador sound 

 is probably slightly less open than the (ireenlandic sound, it 

 is rare. The s- sounds seem to be just as loosely articulated 

 as in Greenland and seem here too to be of a double nature 

 iBourquin Or. g 8 — 9). |^] is used in Labrador as in South 

 Greenland, but in North Greenlandic it is changed to \7i\. 



The phonetical elements of the two languages seem on 

 the whole to correspond to each other; on closer comparison, 

 however, we find not a few cases of sound-shiftings, just as 

 there are also various grammatical-morphological and lexico- 

 i:raphical differences. Here only the phonetical relations will 

 be taken into coiisiileration. 



fg — w\ L. ogak [и'с^щ\ codfish, tiilhigak [ииицщ] raven, tôg-A(i 

 \1'уцщ\ walrus tusk; West Greenlandic has in these words in 

 some districts -г/;ас, in other districts -g«^, cf. g 30 (p. 194 — 195l. 

 Л blue-bottle is in Labrador called niwimvak, in Greenland the 

 suffix is -wak or -qak. The verbal suffix in Labrador is -сок \icdtj\ 

 just as in the greater part of West Greenland (but Lp. -t/oq]. 



[t — б] [j — s\ t and especially j have in a number of cases 

 in Greenlandic passed into s, while in Labrador they have 

 remained unchanged, j is therefore much rarer in Greenlandic 

 than in Labrador. It is possible that there may be proved 

 some phonetical law for these transitions, especially for the 

 change of j. 



I take the opportunity here also to cite a number of 

 parallel examples from the more distant dialects in order to 

 be able to refer to a complete survey whenever I find it neces- 

 sary in the course of the following investigation. 



Where there is no remark to the contrary, the word in 

 the second column has the same meaning as the corresponding 

 word in the first column. 



*) Except in the word magrjuk, where //.7= [/-»j, cf. Bouiquiii Gr. 'f. 'J, note. 



