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Re: Greenlandic: 4th Person?

From:Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
Date:Friday, September 5, 2008, 15:08
Hi!

Eldin Raigmore writes:
>... > Isir-puq ingil-lu-ni-lu. >... > Pilirtuttumik irrui-vuq ini-mi-nul-lu majuar-lu-ni. >...
Was that an exact copy of what was written in that book/paper? Because it should be -poq and -voq instead of *-puq and *-vuq. Kalaallisut has an /a i u/ vowel system and before uvulars, /u/ is pronounced as [o] or even [O] and thus written as _o_. The underlying ending is often written as 'Vuq', but is realised as either -poq or -voq or -por- or -vor- (and maybe even -pu- and -vu, although I don't remember an example), depending on phonological context. **Henrik