This phoneme is represented by Stefánsson (1909) equal to /k/ as . It is likely that /q/ had phonemic status in pidgin words of Eskimo origin when spoken by Inuit. As Wurm (1992: 278) observes, its "pronunciation by Eskimo speakers would undoubtedly have been in accordance with the sound-structure of Eskimo [...] However, European speakers would have had great difficulties with the Eskimo uvular consonants which were either replaced by velar consonants by them, or at the end of words usually dropped".
