1892.] 



The personal pronouns are : 



I, gaa'. 

 Thou, gahye'. 

 He, he. 



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We, gald. 

 You, gaJdni. 

 They, niahne' 



Of the possessives I find the following 



Mine, na. 

 Thine, U. 



The numerals are given thus 



His, le>. 

 Our, nahan. 



[Brinton. 



There are two versions of the Lord's Prayer given in Pimentel's 

 Cuadro Descripiivo de las Lcnguas de Mexico. I'hey evidently 

 have been made by different persons, and represent different dia- 

 lects of the tongue, and apparently neither is in that of Huantla, 

 where the vocabulary was obtained. Both, however, are clearly 

 Mazatec,and the differences disappear considerably on analysis. 



They are as follows : 



"Nadmina naina ga tecni gahami ; sandiuni Hi gatirrubanajin 

 nanguili ; cuaha caiama janimali, jacunit die nangui cunit gahami ; 

 niTio rrajinna tey quitaha najin : qntedchaiahanajin gadchidtonajin 

 jacunifgajin nedchata alejin chidtaga tedtunajin : giiquimittacu?i- 

 tiiajin, tued tinajin cuacha catama.^^ 



B. 



^'Ta/a nahan, xi nacd nihaseno : chacua catoma Tiiere : catichovd 

 rico manimajin : catc?na cuazuare, donjara batoo cornangui, bateco 

 nihasen : niotisla najin ri ganeihinixtin, tiuto najin dehi : ni canuhi 

 ri guitenajin donjara batoo, juirin ni canojin ri quiteisajin : quini- 

 quenahi najin ri danjin quisanda nongo niqueste Mee. ' ' 



