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por iin Misionero del Colejio de | Propaganda — fide de la | Paz de 

 Ayacucho | 1S59. | Imprenta de Vapor. — Calle de la Aduana, 

 No. 2>^. 



The text is entirely in Tacana, without the corresponding 

 Spanish, and embraces the Pater, Credo, Salve, Smaller Catechism, 

 Explanation of the Doctrine, the Via Sacra, etc. I have been 

 unable to discover the author. 



Further, Armentia gives also vocabularies of the Araona and 

 Cavineno dialects, and Dr. Heath supplies one of the Maropa. 

 For the Sapibocona, I have relied on that printed by Hervas in his 

 Vocabiclario Poliglotto. 



Dr. Heath refers to the great similarity between the Maropa and 

 Tacana dialects, and adds the remark: "The Maropas have 

 many words that have significations widely different ; etra means 

 bone and also hair; biya means a louse, a wasp and urine." Prob- 

 ably there is a difference in accent or inflection, which is not 

 apparent to the European ear, but which to the native indicates 

 which sense is intended. 



The version of the Lord's Prayer given below, as well as that of 

 the Creed, are taken from the Catecistno en Idioma Tacana, above 

 referred to. I have added an interlinear translation of the former, 

 and also a translation of the latter, as there is evidently some slight 

 change of the customary phraseology. 



Lord's Prayer in Tacana. 



Ecuanasa tata evacuapachasu, mi caniclianapajiji papa mique ebani, 



Our father heaven iu, thou sacred come thy name, 



mique evacuapacha ecuanasa papu, mique enime eni papu ye canasu, 



thy heaven (to) us come, thy wish come earth on, 



evacuapachasu epuani nime viame. Amen Jesus. Pamapa sinesu ecuanasa 



heaven in come (Hketo?). Amen Jesus. Every day our 

 equita tucheji jeave ecuanatiaque. Ecuanasa jucha cuana chenubaque, 

 body food to us. Our sins forgive, 



cuaja bata ecuaneda eichenubania ecuanasa manu cuana, ba ecuana 

 even as we forgive 



dajajameji mi juchasu, inasiguaque pamapa madada cuanasu. Amen 



remove all evil us from. 



Jesus. 



Alongside of this I quote the same in the Guariza dialect, from 

 Prof. Teza's work, already mentioned : 



