> Hi!
>
> I used a (German) text-to-speech system programmable in Sampa to
> compile an MP3 file of the Kalaallisut (West Greenlandic) version of
> the Genesis text (1. Mose 1). If you want to laught, you should click
> this:
>
>
http://www.theiling.de/kalaallisut/bible-1mose01.mp3
>
> Note that the speaker is German, so the text-to-speech system probably
> speaks Kalaallisut with a heavy German accent. :-) Problems are the
> uvular stop and the voiceless l / alveolar lateral voiceless
> fricative. But I think her pronunciation is still quite good. :-))))
>
> (It took a while to find out that e.g. -?b-b- produces quite a good
> *unaspirated* voiceless bilabial stop and -'?b:-b- the corresponding
> long one...)
>
> Bye,
> Henrik
>
> PS: This is not meant to be a religious posting in any way.
> I just happen to collect 'Let there be light!' in different
> languages. :-)
>
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Interesting! Do you have the text so we can follow along?
-- Levi Tooker
lrtooker@buffalo.edu