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| Selected languages: | Inuit |
| UPSID number: | 6901 |
| Alternate name(s): | N/A |
| Classification: | Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo |
| The languages has | 22 segments |
| Frequency index: | N/A |
| Sounds: | [p] [t̪] [k] [q] [l̪̥ː] [*s] [ʃ] [β] [fː] [ʝ] [xː] [ɣ] [χː] [ʁ] [*ts] [l̪] [m] [n̪] [ŋ] [i] [u] [ä] |
| Comments: | |
| Sources: | Kleinschmidt, S. 1851. Grammatik der Gronlandischen Rischel, J. 1974. Topics in West Greenlandic Phonology. Thalbitzer, W. 1904. A Phonetical Study of the Eskimo |