CHAPTER II.

HYPERBOREAN LANGUAGES.

Distinction between Eskimo and American -- Eskimo Pronunciation and Declension -- Dialects of the Koniagas and Aleuts -- Language of the Thlinkeets -- Hypothetical Affinities -- The Tinneh Family and its Dialects -- Eastern, Western, Central, and Southern Divisions -- Chepewyan Declension -- Oratorical Display in the Speech of the Kutchins -- Dialects of the Atnahs and Ugalenzes Compared -- Specimen of the Koltshane Tongue -- Tacully Gutturals -- Hoopah Vocabulary -- Apache Dialects -- Lipan Lord's Prayer -- Navajo Words -- Comparative Vocabulary of the Tinneh Family 574