Eskimo Texts 3 a 



Consonants— Back Front Dorsal Bi- 



Velar palatal palatal (alveo- Dental labial 



lar) 



Stop q k P t" t, d p 



Nasal _ y p nv n m 



Voiced spirant 7 7 72/ i v{w) 



Voiceless spirant x x x c f 



Lateral " X I 

 Trilled r 

 Aspirate h 



Accents — 



• inverted period, indicates a lengthening of the preceding consonant or 



vowel. 

 ' after a vowel, indicates the main stress. 

 ' indicates a glottal stop. 



ESKIMO TEXTS 



Text I 



ana-luyik in^unialiyd-cuk hkiyajmi tayium 



Grandmother and grandchild | they made their home | at Tikiraq | of the sea | 



cenani kic-emik m^uit aulaqtut nunamunlu kavufjalu 



at its edge | they alone | the people | went away | both inland | and to the N.E. | 



kic-iyuqkuyi.k dna-lua neqLyuqpaktoq tutkan 



leaving them two alone | his grandmother | she used to procure food | her grand- 



cumLn" neqiyoqtdaya ndluya acm" tautukpak-a 



child I whence | her procuring of the food | he did not know it | but | he used to 



lyXuraymLk ciKdtani kdtcimaroaq 



see her | a certain small house | outside it | one that was covered with earth | 



andyan m^ud cdvayrnyd tu-tuXu qavtyXu 



his grandmother | the people | their workings | both caribou skins | and wolverine | 



amayoX-u kakivahai kdtCk-uyd iKaiciyun 



and wolf | she used to sew them together | putting them together | into a bundle 



tu'tulu dmayoX'u qaviX'u po'ydtamun anayan 



of them I both caribou | and wolf | and wolverine | into a bag | his grandmother | 



ikovahai iteyanuk anayan 



she used to store them away | when they rose in the morning | his grandmother | 



tautuk-ai cua makwa tu-tu calumayaroaq qavi,q 



she saw them | behold | these | caribou skins | having been cleansed | the wolver- 



calumayaroayXu dmayo\-u kiC-isman-a 



ine skins | having been cleansed also | the wolf skins also | well then | they 



ukumatiyuqpuk kt-cidmawa aulaqtoai 



obtained bedding and clothing (?) | well then 1 those who had gone away | 



qairut dna-luyik umidliyoqcimaruk qaviyXu 



they came | grandmother and grandchild | they had grown rich | both wolverine 



dmayok'u twtulu in^uyiaqcimarut m^ud 



skins I and wolf skins | and caribou skins | had become abundant | the people | 



umidliyiKutiyai ikidpak nuUaqtoq umidUyum 



he was made the leader among them | the orphan | he married | of a rich man 1 



