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occurs in words where ! should expect from Greenlandic to 



find this sound, for instance: M. iivaput = SGr. invapit (we); 



M. kiput = SGr. kipit (tooth); Л1. -mapit = SGr. -ma^it 



(verbal suffix) etc. — For the nasal consonants, Petitot has the 



usual symbols ; I find no suggestion of a [q]. 



The final consonant in the words is generally q^ k, t ov p] 



only in connected discourse do ц, n or m occur between two 



vowels. 



Just like the Labrador Eskimo, the Mackenzie Eskimo also 



uses j in a large number of those words where the Greenlander 



pronounces s. As examples I may give: 



[j — s] M. mikiyopk little — Gr. mikiso-q 



» nakyopk good; strong — » naku'soq 

 » aniyopk large — » ariiso'q 



» iyik, plur. iyit eye, eyes — -> ise[q)^ isit 

 » kpéyuk kindling wood — » qisuk 



It is especially striking to meet with initial tg everywhere 

 here where Greenlandic has simple s. Ex. : 



[tç — s] M. tçikpeynepk the sun — Gr. seqineq 



tçiun ear — » s hit 



tçivikitopk not lasting long ; quick — « sivikit'oq 



tçuna what — « suna 



tgule yet — » side 



tçaonepk bone — « swumeq 



tcitamat four — « sisamat 



etc. in most cases in the beginning of words. But also in the 

 middle of words: 



[tç — s] M. atavtçipk \ 



_ ^ ', ( one — Gr. ata'^'seq 



С. atayak J ^ 



» pinatçut three — » рщазШ 



M. neqetchidjoapk let someone eat, — » nerisis'O 



give him something to eat 



» tutçayopk I hear something, hush! — » tusa'soq 



