APPENDIX C 327 



1. Sound changes.'^ 



A comparison of vocabularies shows a certain amount 

 of sound change between the dialects. Thus Angadi 7n 

 becomes b in Utanata and Mimika and vice versa, t 



Ex. Angadi muii, Mimika and Utanata bu'/li, bamboo. 



Angadi mopere, Nagramadu niobere(bu), Mimika bopere, navel. 

 Angadi mirimoi, Utanata birimbu, Mimika birim, nose. 

 Angadi mau, Utanata tnouw, Mimika batiwe, foot. 

 Angadi tohoma-pare, Mimika to-mari, arm. 



The Angadi m is represented sometimes by mh in 

 Mimika, but is retained in Lakahia and Kiruru. Utanata 

 examples are not found. 



Ex. Angadi mi, Lakahia mu, Kirurn mi, Mimika mbi, mhn, water. 

 Angadi metaho, Mimika mbataii, spit. 

 Angadi imiri, Mimika imbiri, shin. 

 Mimika amitri is Kupera Pukwa amhori. 



Angadi in some words loses a ^ or ^ which appears in 

 Mimika and Lakahia. 



Ex. Angadi irca, Mimika irlka, Utanata eriki, fish. 

 Angadi katiwa, Mimika kaukwa, woman. 

 Angadi maare, Mimika makare, armlet. 

 Angadi mae, Mimika mbage, Utanata tnahe, cry, weep. 

 Angadi hehe, Lakahia eika, finger-nail. 

 Angadi {nata)pairi, Mimika pigeri, skin. 



A few words show an interchange of r and n between 

 Mimika and Lakahia. 



Mimika v.iare, Lakahia mana, finger. (Utanata to-mare, Angadi mahare, hand.) 

 Mimika iribu, Utanata and Angadi iripu, Lakahia ini-fa, knee. 

 Mimika amuri, Utanata amure, Angadi amove, Lakahia amuno, bow, Kupera 

 Pukwa ambori. 



2. Vocabulary. 



The great likeness of the dialects may be illustrated 

 by the following examples : — 



* In the Examples following, the vowels should be sounded as in Italian, and 

 the consonants as in English. The Dutch oe and ie are written u and i. 



t This interchange is very common in the languages of the Papuan Gulf. 

 Cf. Reports of Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, III., pp. 325, 334. 



