€ rm 
122 W. THALBITZER. 
have been determined rather arbitrarily in my recording of the texts, 
but what characterizes cs contrasted with fs is the palatal position 
of the tongue, or the timbre mouillé of the c. The s-sound in cs cor- 
responds to an S-like s in WGr. which in the past (Phon. Study 
рр. 89—90) I used to designate by the Greek с, е. g. 
E Gr. picsawa: — WGr. pis awa “he will get it.’ 
c occurs probably most northerly on the West-coast of Greenland 
where I think I have discovered almost quite the same sound in the 
district of the colony Upernawik, though, as it seemed, only used 
there individually. At Ammassalik the c is very common both as a 
short and a long sound (с, cs, ce‘). — It also replaces in some cases 
Une GR 1, ES 
EGr. acinaqg — WGr. агипа`9 ‘a skin-thong.’ 
$ 19. — £, the most commonly used consonant in the language 
may be compared with А (q. v.). In the words were 6 occurs in 
Southern WGr. as against it in North Greenland, the Ammassalik 
dialect as a rule sides with the southern forms, e. g. 
EGr. atsarpon — WGr. а’Чзагрод ‘yawns.’ 
» [11509 = »  tikitsog ‘who has arrived.’ 
» Ifuarteg or\ _ 
de » iItsuartoq ‘peeping through a window-pane, 
»  icstarleq 
the ice etc.” 
t: corresponds to WGr. $ (as cs corresponds to WGr. с) in many 
cases, е. g. 
EGr. ат'агак — WGr. amas ak ‘а caplin. 
»  sitaqg = »  sis’aq ‘strand, beach.’ 
»  tatane === › аа а 
» mata — » masa ‘although.’ 
I) regularly replaces WGr. г in EGr., ©. 8. 
EGr. ite — \WGr, 120 ‘house.’ 
о Рю — хх TT ‘thou.’ 
alee” = »  «aL'eq ‘the lowest.’ 
» martik a= » marLuk ‘two.’ 
> бб = » a’Larpog ‘he leaves, departs.’ 
The WGr. t, on the other hand, as the final sound of a weak 
syllable, often becomes Г or 4 in EGr.: naléq ‘floor, bottom’ = WGr. 
MONE) Gio 3 21-0, 
$ 20.— j is used as in WGr. (Phon. Study pp.87—88,192), through- 
out. In some few cases it is retained where WGr. has got s, e. g. 
EGr. -kajik — WGr. -kasik ‘bad, wretched.’ 
»  ciyamat = »  sisamat ‘four.’ 
») ke"carma (KK RUE) — »  kisima ‘I alone.’ 
