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Notwithstanding the great resemblance of most 

 of the tribes, and the frequent intercourse which 

 unites them to each other, yet a great diversity of 

 languages prevails among them. • We were called 

 upon to collect specimens of their dialects, be- 

 cause we were more nearly connected with them 

 than other scientific travellers who preceded 

 us, and we give, in the appendix, a comparative 

 list of words of the Marianas, Eap, Ulea, and 

 Radack. 



The people of the Marianas,, according to Fra. 

 Juan de la Conception, resembled the Bisayas, as 

 well in appearance as in language, which latter 

 differs, however, in several things, (in algunas 

 cosas alterado). This Chamori or Mariana lan- 

 guage has almost vanished with the people who 

 spoke it, and the new generation speak the lan- 

 guage of the conqueror, and their own only dis- 

 figured by a mixture with it. It is to be observed 

 that they count only in Spanish, and it cost us 

 trouble to procure the numerals of the Mariana 

 language. On the other hand, it appears, that ap- 

 pellations firom the Philippine languages have been 

 given to many animals and objects introduced 

 from foreign countries. Thus, in the Pelew 

 islands, animals which have been introduced by 



* Others, such as those of the Pelew islands, who are dis- 

 tinguished by their laxity of morals, and less knowledge of 

 navigation, are probably strangers in the family. 

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