Inuit phonology | Wikipedia audio article
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Inuit phonology


00:00:26 1 Vowels
00:02:15 2 Consonants
00:03:02 3 Stress
00:03:16 4 Intonation
00:04:21 5 Phonotactics and Sandhi
00:08:28 6 Other systematic dialectical variations
00:08:39 6.1 Consonant weakening in Qawiaraq
00:09:26 6.2 Palatalization in Inupiatun
00:10:28 6.3 Assibilation
00:11:14 6.4 Fricative substitution in western Nunavut
00:11:52 6.5 Retroflex consonants in western dialects
00:12:52 6.6 Double consonant clusters in Nunavimmiutut
00:13:16 6.7 Glottal stops
00:14:12 7 See also



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This article discusses the phonology of the Inuit languages. Unless otherwise noted, statements refer to Inuktitut dialects of Canada.
Most Inuit varieties have fifteen consonants and three vowel qualities (with phonemic length distinctions for each). Although Inupiatun and Qawiaraq have retroflex consonants, retroflexes have otherwise disappeared in all the Canadian and Greenlandic dialects.