68 GLOSSOLOGY. 



Berber, or Breber, and the Shelluh tongues, are spoken along the 

 Atlas Mountains, and on the Great Desert ; being derived probably 

 from the ancient Numidian. The Mandingo is used in the western 

 parts, from the Senegal to the Niger ; and the Guinea dialects, along 

 the coast, are extremely rude and various. The Hottentot, and 

 Bosjesman languages, of Southern Africa, are said to differ from all 

 others in a sort of clucking noise, like that of a fowl, accompanying 

 every word. The Cqffre dialects in the south-east, are said to be 

 distinct and peculiar; but the ^Zanguebar dialects in the east, form a 

 group having a common origin. The Tigre or Gheez, the literary 

 language of Abyssinia, and the Jlmharic or common language, are 

 probably corruptions of the Arabic. 



3. In the Oceanic group of languages, we comprehend those 

 which are peculiar to the Islands south and east of Asia. The Malay, 

 which is spoken on the coasts of Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and the 

 Philippine Islands, we have already mentioned, among the Oriental 

 languages, (p. 53). The languages of New Zealand, and of the 

 Society and Sandwich Islands, have a common origin, probably from 

 the Malay ; and they much resemble each other. They have been 

 reduced to writing by the labors of Missionaries ; arid the way is 

 thus opened, for the light of truth, among those who sat so long in 

 the darkness of error and ignorance. The Negro languages of New 

 Holland, New Guinea, and the contiguous islands, are extremely 

 rude, but as yet are little known to the learned world. 



With the Lord's Prayer in the language of the Sandwich islanders, 

 we must conclude our illustrations of the department of Glossology. 

 E ko makou Makua iloko o ka lam, e hoanoia kou inoa : e hiki mai 

 kou aupuni : e malamaia kou makemake ma ka honua nei, e like me 

 ia i malamaia ma ka lani la : e haawi mai ia makou i keia la i ai na 

 makou no neia la : e kala mai hoi ia makou i ka makou lawehala ana, 

 me makou e kala nei i ka poe i lawehala i ka makou. Mai hookuu oe 

 ia makou i ka hoowalewaleia mai ; e hoopakele no nae ia makou i ka 

 ino: no ka mea, nou ke aupuni, a me ka mana, a me ka hoonaniia, 

 a mau loa aku. rfmene. 



