260 Characteristics of the Language of Ghagh or Accra. 
(3.) Modifying circumstances are placed after the verb which 
; they modify ; as, gnung-maw hi-gnaw gnungmawng, God lives 
in heaven. = 
A. Idioms The words for heaven and face combined signify 
the sky ; as, gnung-maw hich, heaven face, i.e. the sky ; mt 
dzheh Africa mi ba maigneng,, 1 came from Africa, I came into 
this country ; mi keh klante gbwhe, I anda sword killed, i. e, I 
killed with a sword. 
VIII. Versification. 
There is no poetry in this language. The natives, however, 
compose songs in the Ashanti dialect of the Otsh-wi language. 
IX. Orthography. 
This language has never been reduced to writing for the use 
of the natives, except partially by the Danes. Should sucha 
reduction ever take place, it is hoped that the general principles 
may be followed which have been laid down by Dr. John Pick- 
ering for the unwritten languages of — and which have 
been adopted in this article. 
X. Literature. 
This language possesses no literature. Nor have the natives of © 
Ghagh any knowledge of writing, except so far as an Ashanti 
convert to Mohammedanism occasionally appears among them, of 
some of the children are taught in the English or Danish schools. 
XI. Vocabulary of Ghagh Words. 
One eko or ekome Eye : hing-mwei 
Two eniaw Nose gugong 
Three eteng Mouth na-bu | 
Four edzhwe Lip 
Five enumaw Tooth gnia-gnong 
Si ekpwa Tongue i-le-i 
Seven kpwa-wo Ha nine 
Eight kpwa-gniaw Foot nane 
Nine ne-hu Back koto-ser 
a gnung-ma |Beard tshe-i 
Twenty gnung-ma-eniaw _‘|Bone wo 
Thirty gnung-ma-eteng Chin tshe-i 
Forty =e ghung-ma-edzhwe |Knee na-ku-tsho 
t , oha Neck ku-er 
___ i-tsho Quill tshi-rer 
 4-tshaw-i Shoulder | kawng 
ae Soul ghwaw-mo 
