-^ Specimens of Vai Writing 



Hov N ta ha ji i^ ^ 



a 



go river 



big 



ma ni na koi la koi na a- 



near by clothes wash 



niu mla fa li ba ha fe le 



there I see crocodile big Behold ! 



f • 



a la mu su ye hi la a- 



he is woman catching . and he 



be a doi h na 



is eating her 



[I went to the big river near at hand, to wash clothes, and behold ! there was a big crocodile 

 in the act of catching a woman and eating her !] 



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