[Footnote A: Chiefly, probably not always, for Fick's second
k, Lith sz (pron sh), Slav s. The k's and g's liable to
labialization in Eu. languages appear to be occasionally
labialized in Dakotan languages.]
[Footnote B: In S. hd, Yankton kd, T. gl; S. hn, Y. kn, T. gn
or gl; S. hm, Y. km, T. gm.]
[Footnote C: In S. md, Y. bd, T. bl.]
[Footnote D: In a previous paper I represented this by kh; and
do not know whether it is nearest Dak kh German ch, or Dak gh;
I E gh.]
[Footnote E: Santee d always becomes l in Titon.]
[Footnote E: Dak y becomes r, d, l or n in the allied
languages, except perhaps the Osage, and perhaps in part
represents I E r.]
[Footnote F: In Minnetaree m, interchanges so freely with b
and w, and d with l, n, and r, that Matthews represents each
group by one letter. The same irregularity occurs largely in
Crow, and somewhat also in Mandan.]
Ch as in chin very often occurs in Dak as a euphonic modification of k.
Otherwise it stands chiefly for d, r, l, n of the allied languages. On
the other hand Win and Iowa ch usually represents Dak, and I E t. R is
found in all the allied languages, and in Winnebago is more frequent
than even in Icelandic. Iowa aspirate th, represents Dak s, and other
sibilants. Hayden does not distinguish the subvocal and aspirate th in
Omaha. From a small list gathered by my father I judge that the aspirate
is probably similar to the Iowa, and that the subvocal represents Dak
and I E dentals. F in Iowa represents some Dak p's.
There is wonderful regularity in the sound changes in passing from
Santee to Titon Dak, and so far as I can yet discover great irregularity
in passing to the allied languages. Possibly fuller materials and closer
study may reduce the changes to system.
Dak proper has but five vowels; a and e represent I E a; i, i; u, u; and
o, either u or a. They are weakened as in I E languages, and suffixes
which raise I E vowels raise i and u to a. The allied languages have a
larger number of vowels, the Minnetaree ten.