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PYGMIES AND PAPUANS 



3. Pronouns. These are given only in Mimika for the 

 singular number, and in Utanata for the first person 

 singular, but the words for " I," Mimika doro and Utanata 

 area are unlike. In Mimika the possessive is shown by 

 the suffix 'ta, which is used also with other words. 

 Dorota, mine, oro-ta, yours, amare-ta his, wehwaida-ta of 



another man. Wehwaida is compounded apparently of 

 'awe (ri) man and awaida other. In Mairassis "I" is 

 omona. 



4. Numerals. No numerals are given by Muller or 

 Earl for Utanata. "People of Utanata had very little 

 knowledge of counting. When wishing to make known 



