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====[[Greenlandic language|Greenlandic]] ([[:kl:Kalaallisut|Kalaallisut]])==== *long polysynthetic words (a single word can number 30+ letters) *relatively abundant ''n'', ''q'' (not necessarily followed by ''u''), ''u'' *ubiquitous double consonants and vowels (''aa'', ''ii'', ''qq'', ''uu'', more rarely ''ee'', ''oo'') *vowels ''a'', ''i'', ''u'' conspicuously more frequent than ''e'', ''o'' (which are only found before ''q'' and ''r'') *no diphthongs except occasional word-final ''ai'', only consonant combinations besides double consonants and ''(n)ng'' consist of ''r'' + consonant *old spellings (now abolished in the spelling reform of 1973) sometimes included acute accent, circumflex, tilde, and/or the letter [[kra]] (''Kʼ ĸ''): ''Kʼânâĸ'' vs. ''Qaanaaq''.
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