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tribes, Tuckfield says: ‘‘It appears to me to be copious, very 
significant, combining great power with simplicity, and for the 
most part its sounds are pleasing totheear. . . . Although it 
has many pecularities, especially in the use and number of the 
pronouns, some of these pecularities add to its precision and per- 
spicuity. I will mention one or two as a specimen. ‘You go’ 
in English may signify one, two, three, or more. This language 
furnishes a different word in the three senses without using the 
numeral adjective.” 
This wealth is shown by the following list, which is the best 
illustration extant of tle use of triple number :— 
PERSONAL PRONOUNS. 
Nominative Case. Possessive Case. 
Singular, Singular. 
Bangik, IE Bang-ong-ik, My, mine. 
Bangen, Thou. Bang-go-de-gnen, Thy, thine. 
Bang-nuk, He. Bang-go-de-duk, His. 
Dual. Dual. 
Bangul, We. Bang-go-de-ul, Ours. 
Bangbullok, You. Bang-go-de-bul-ok, Yours. 
Bang-a-bul-ong, They. Bang-go-de-bul-ok,, Theirs. 
Triple. Triple. 
Bang-etuk-kol-lik, We. Bang-ong-etuk-kol-lik, Ours. 
Bang-ud-kol-lik, You. Bang-ong-ud-kol-lik, Yours. 
Bang-tan-a-kol-lik, They. Bang-a-tan-a-kol-lik, Theirs. 
Plural, Plural, 
Bang-wod-jok, We: Bang-a-wod-jok, Ours. 
Bang-ud, You. Bang-ong-ud, Yours, 
Bang-tan-ong, They. Bang-go-de-tan-ok, Theirs, 
[Not strictly as classified by Tuckfield ; arranged as above for convenience. } 
Not a few of these pronouns are cumbrous looking, but it seems 
they were not always spoken thus. The native clipped his words, 
and sentences* such as Ka-ar-dik—I talk; Willong-bw/-bon bore— 
When will you cease to run about (dual) —and Winyer kod 
kol-ik-ka,—W hat are you talking about (triple) !—show thatin ungis 
* The sentences are from Tuckfield’s Note-book, which also gives a few more examples of 
triple number: Kel-ter-a-len tanong kollik—three talking ; Pe-del-wa-wa den—Strike us 
three ; Pe-del-a gnel-en-tanong—Strike us three ; Gnerd en bop mo gnul-en long gong ga 
boy jo detable mur-un-nuk—The Great Spirit loves us(three) who have a crying heart.—J.J.C. 
