272 T)r Beke on the Languages of 



M. d'Abbadie further mentions the Nao language as ap- 

 pealing to be " a mere dialect of the Shay," and that of 

 Hadiya-Wanbe as being " in close contact with the Dawrua 

 tongue.'' I do not possess the means of determining the 

 precise locality in which the former of these dialects is spoken, 

 but it is manifestly in the immediate vicinity of Kaffa, if, 

 indeed, it does not form a poi'tion of that country. Hadiya 

 is the Hadea of the maps, and it lies to the south-west of 

 Guragie,* and to the north-east of the other countries in 

 which the cognate languages of the Gonga class are spoken. 



M. d'Abbadie remarks, that " the Gonga language spoken 

 on both sides of the Abai, is closely allied to the Sidama." 

 This has already been demonstrated by my published lists,t 

 which comprise a copious vocabulary of the Gonga tongue of 

 Shinasha, a district situate in the valley of the Abai, to the 

 south of Damot •,X and it is on account of the affinity which all 

 the languages comprised in this class have to one another, 

 that I have attributed to them the generic denomination of 

 Gonga. The irruption of the Gallas has much contracted the 

 limits within which the languages of this class are spoken. 

 Ludolf informs us,§ that the Gonga tongue was formerly that 

 of Enarea, and he cites one word, donzo, as meaning " lord," 

 or " master,'' which corresponds with the dondjo (Gonga of 

 Shinasha) and dono (Kaffa) of my vocabularies. 



D. The Bidja Language spoken at Suakin, with respect 

 to which it is sufficient to refer to the remarks already made 

 on Dr Latham's Class, xvi. 



E. Several Negro Languages, of which M. d'Abbadie 

 says he has collected trifling vocabularies, remain " un- 

 placed" by Dr Latham. They are as follows : — 



1. Gwinza. 4. Yambo. 



2. Suro (Souro). 5. Gamo. 



3. Doko (Dokko). 6. Bdrea. 



To which has to be added, (7.) The Konfal. 



* See Journ. Roy. Geogr. Soc, vol. xvii. j). 60, n. 



t Proceedings of the Philological Society, vol. ii. pp. 97-107. 



J Journ. Roy. Geogr. Soc, vol. xiv, p. 39. § Hist, ^thiop., lib. i. cap. 15. 



