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grec of latitude, speak the same Iane;uage as the na- 

 tives of the 45th ; nor is there any essential differ- 

 ence between that spoken by the islanders, the moun- 

 taineers, or the inhabitants of the plains : the Boroans 

 and Ilicurans alone sometimes chanee the r into s. 



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The Chilotes have adopted several Spanish words, 

 but it has been more owing to a wish to flatter their 

 masters, than to any preference of them to their own. 

 Were the Chilian a meagre language, its immuta- 

 bility might be attributed to its paucity of words, 

 which in such cases, being intended to express only 

 the most simple and common ideas, do not readily 

 admit of change ; but as, on the contrary, it abounds 

 with words, it is wonderful that it has not been di- 

 vided into a number of subordinate dialects, as has 

 been the case with other primitive languages that 

 have been in any considerable degree extended. 



CHILIAN WORDS 



EXPRESSIVE OF NUMBER. 

 Numerals. 



Mari-quignCf eleven. 

 Mari-efiu, twelve, &c. 

 E/iumuri, twenty 

 Ciilamari, thirty 

 Melimari, forty, &c. 

 Pataca, one hundred 

 E/iupataca, two hundred 

 C'íí/a/;c/üfa,three hundred,&c. 

 Hiiaranca, one thousand 

 EJiuhuaranca^ two thousand, 

 &c. &c. 



