A word that has been borrowed from the donor language, Greenlandic, into the borrowing language, English, is the word, “kayak.” In Greenlandic, “kayak” is pronounced “qajaq.” The q is like a voiceless stop but further back in your mouth and the “a” is pronounced like the “a” in the English pronunciation of the word “father”. In English we pronounce the word kayak like “kaɪæk.” We pronounce the “q” like a “k” and the “j” like a “y”. This is because when a word is borrowed from one language into another, its pronunciation is adapted to suit the phonotactics and phonemic inventory of the borrowing language.