A Comparative Manual of Affixes for the Inuit Dialects of Greenland, Canada, and Alaska

ISBN-10: 8763511568
ISBN-13: 9788763511568
Category: Eskimo languages
Pages: 130
Language: English
Published: 1983
Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press
Author: Michael D. Fortescue

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It is spoken down the west coast of Hudson Bay from Repulse Bay to Rankin Inlet ( replacing the extinct Saglirmiut dialect on Southampton Island ) . 54. Apart of course from uvular plus consonant . * / žv / has become / gv / or / vv ...

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