Re: Adding Inuit phonemes to Old Norse

Assuming that the Skraeling langs (and Skraeling was a term that is pretty much
recognized as a generic term nowadays, essentially equivalent to "indians") are
adstrates on Old Norse, then Old Norse phonology would predominate. Those
phonemes that appear in all the Skraeling langs may be added to the inventory,
but I think the Inuktitut phonemes you're having probs with would collapse with
others already present:

/N, N\/ > n, ng, nk or something similar (i.e. N is in ON already)
/K/ > /l/
/q, G\/ > /k/
/O/ - isn't this in ON already?
/t', d', r', J\/ > /t, d, r, j/

Take that with a grain of salt, my XSampa isn't what it used to be.

Aidan

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Paul B wrote:
Inuktitut, however, has some consonant phonemes that are well outside 
the native Finlaesk range, 
primarily /N/, /K/, /q/, /G\/, and /N\/, as well as potentially /O/, /
t`/, /d`/, /r`/, /J\/, and /G/ 
(among others).

So, ye knowers of such things, what are your thoughts?

I have no ideas at all, other than possibly LATIN (SMALL) LETTER O 
WITH OGONEK for /O/.








 
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