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of its own ; and the greater, as recent researches tend to place the 

 Choco stock in a much more prominent position in South American 

 linguistics than had been heretofore surmised. Its apparent affini- 

 ties with several of the languages of northwestern Brazil, and the 

 close proximity of the tribes speaking it to the isthmus of Panama 

 and the northern continent, promise that a thorough analysis of its 

 words and forms will throw new light on the prehistoric migrations 

 between North and South America. 



Comparative Vocabulary of the Andagueda Dialect of the 

 Choco Stock. 



In Mr. Granger's vocabulary the letters and syllables are assigned 

 their usual sounds as in English, the ow as in " now," the oo as in 

 " tool," etc. In the words introduced for comparison, the Spanish 

 sounds must be assigned to the letters. 



It is obvious that the dialect is a pure Choco, especially close to 

 the Chami and Sambo forms of the tongue. 



