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VOCABULARY. 



OF THE DIALECTS CHAMORI, (MARIANA ISLANDS,) AND 

 OF EAP, ULEA, AND RADACK. 



Remark. 



We have endeavoured to represent the sound by 

 means of our German letters, as far as they suf- 

 ficed. We have written a middle sound between 

 A and O with A ; a very open e (the French 



ai-f aimais') with A ; a termination very nearly 

 resembling the French nasal sound with — ng : 

 instead of the German zc, we have used the sim- 

 ple Vy and borrowed out of the English alphabet 

 the XV and tJi for similar sounds. The j or g of 

 the French, )t( of the Russian, occurs only in the 

 word Nagen, 



The accent lies mostly on the last syllable. To 

 prevent the meeting, or accumulation of conso- 

 nants, a vowel appears to be inserted for the sake 

 of euphony. 



It is hardly necessary to say, that none of those 

 faults could be avoided, which are usually treated 

 with indulgence in similar essays. Not to men- 

 tion inevitable misunderstandings, our orthography 

 is uncertain, as the pronunciation of our teacher, 

 in languages not his own, was not to be depended 

 upon. We heard at Radack, Medid, Iriidy Dile, 



