Re: THEORY nouns and cases (was: Verbs derived from noun cases)

Henrik Theiling wrote:

>Hi!
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>Trebor Jung <treborjung@...> writes:
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>>Henrik wrote:
>>"E.g. when on holiday in Greenland, you might meet a polar bear, so know
>>it's name in Greenlandic: 'nanuq'.  It might notice all on its own:
>>'Nanuunngilaq!' -- 'That's not a polar bear!'  You might notice in return:
>>'Nanummit nerineqarpunga.' -- 'I am eaten by a polar bear.'"
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>>LOL! Are you sure that's correct?
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>No, it's an educated guess. :-)
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>>I thot Inuit had only the vowels /i i: a a: u u:/...
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>That's totally correct, phonemically.
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Indeed.  I don't believe Canadian Inuktitut tends to represent  [e] and
[o], even though they (may be, I'm not sure) there, as allophones.