1904.] MATHEWS — NATIVE TRIBES OF VICTORIA. 57 



barraty, can be pronounced exactly by assuming e to be added to 

 the y, making it rat-ye. Then commence articulating the word, 

 including the y^ but stopping short without sounding the added e. 



The Dhauhurtwurru Grammar. 



The Dhauhurtwurru language is spoken in the country about 

 Portland and Lake Condah, in the State of Victoria, but it is rep- 

 resentative of the native speech from the Glenelg to the Gellibrand 

 river, and reaching inland about fifty miles or more. 



ARTICLES. 



The place of the English article is supplied by the various forms 

 of the demonstratives, representing *' this" and "that." 



NOUNS. 



Nouns have number, gender and case. 



Number. — Mar, a man. Marara, a couple of men. Maraban, 

 several men. 



Gender. — Sex in the human family is distinguished by different 

 words, as, mar, a man ; dhunnumbur, a woman. Wurran, a boy ; 

 barraty, a girl. 



Among animals gender is denoted by the addition of words sig- 

 nifying ''male" and ''female," as, warrun mamung, a male bandi- 

 coot ; warrun ngerang, a female bandicoot. The females of certain 

 animals have a name which distinguishes them without stating the 

 sex, as, ngerangyer, a female dog ', murrin, a female kangaroo. The 

 corresponding male names are gal and goran. Many of the male 

 animals likewise have a distinguishing name. 



Case.—T\iQ cases are indicated by inflections, the following being 

 the principal : 



Nominative : This case merely names the subject at rest, as, gal, 

 a dog ; kunna, a yamstick ] mar, a man ; dher, a spear. Mutyir 

 or kurkin, a tomahawk. 



Causative : This represents the subject acting, as, marra guramuk 

 burtan, a man an opossum killed; dhunnumburra gal yilpan, a 

 woman a dog flogged ; galla guramuk bundan, a dog an opossum 

 bit. 



Instrumental : This case takes the same affix as the causative, as, 

 marra kalngun maiangan dherra, a man my dog speared (or pierced) 



