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PHILOLOGY. 



sometimes a dental pronunciation of the consonant which it accompanies. The short u 

 in but is expressed by u, the ng by j>, &c. 



ETYMOLOGY. 



For greater convenience in instituting a comparison between the two grammars, it has 

 seemed best to give them in parallel columns, by which not only the points of resem- 

 blance and dissimilarity may be seized at once, but the necessity of repeating many 

 explanations is avoided. 



KAMILARAI. 



NOUNS. 



There is no inflection of the noun to 

 express either gender or number, and these 

 are rarely distinguished in speaking. Oc- 

 casionally a pronoun is used for this pur- 

 pose ; as, makoro, fish, uni taro makoro, 

 these fish. 



In the single case of patronymics, there 

 is a feminine termination distinct from the 

 masculine ; Englandkal, Englishman ; 

 Englandkaleen, Englishwoman. 



The cases are distinguished by particles 

 corresponding to our prepositions, but post- 

 fixed to the noun. 



There are two nominative cases, one of 

 which is the simple nominative, or ground- 

 form, and the other is employed as the 

 agent to verbs, or in answering to the ques- 

 tion, who did it? This form always termi- 

 nates in o. 



The accusative is the same with the 

 simple nominative, except in proper names 

 of persons and in pronouns; no error can 

 arise from this, as the simple nominative is 

 never used in conjunction with a verb. 



The vocative is the same with the simple 

 nominative, having merely the particle 

 ala! answering to O! prefixed to it. 



The genitive of possession (answering to 

 the question, whose?) always terminates 

 in ba. 



WIRADUREI. 



NOUNS. 



The plural number is not often distin- 

 guished, but when necessary, it may be 

 expressed either by a pronoun, or by affixing 

 the particles galay and girbay; as, bdgai, 

 shell, bagai-galag, shells. 



The simple (or neuter) and the active (or 

 agent) nominative exist in this language; 

 the latter always terminates in u. 



The accusative is the same with the 

 simple nominative, except in the pronouns. 



The vocative is distinguished by the par- 

 ticle ya! prefixed to the simple nominative. 



The genitive ends in guna or guba, 

 though the final syllable (ba) is sometimes 

 omitted. Guna is used with proper names, 

 and nouns relating to human beings ; guba 



