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VOCAHUI. ARIES 



COI.LECTF.I) ON THF. RoU 1 K 



(E.\piaiiatl()ii of Ihc Xiiinhers (>t the ]'ocahu!aries) 



1. Poula Vocabulary, taken on the 2nd of March at Loutche-Hsien ; remarkable 



for the initial ch like the (lerman nasal ch : sometimes the finals are scarcely 

 sounded. 



2. Hmi-Ni Vocalnilary, taken on the 3rd of March at Hakopo ; like the Poulas, 



they add louma to the words, ])erhaps signifying // is called, or [jerhaps only 

 as a suffix. 



3. Lola Vocabulary, taken the 6th of March at Cheu-pe-te. 



4. Yayo Vocabulary (Lintindjou), taken the 7th of March. 



5. Lola Vocabulary, taken the loth of March at Machatsa. 



6. Pat Vocabulary, taken the loth of March at Pingantchai. 



7. Lolo Vocabulary, taken the 1 7th of March at Ketcheu. 



8. Hou-iXi Vocabulary, taken the i8th of March at La Mi. The Hou-Nis (who 



call themselves Hans) have certain sounds which they pronounce like eur in 

 French swur. 

 Q. Hou-Ni J'ocabulary, taken the 23rd of March at Pitchu. 



10. Hatou I'ocabulary, taken the 25th of March at Panhoutse. 



11. Vayu Vocabulary (Lintindjou), taken the ist of April at Takouelin. Suffixes 



nom or loiii after the numbers noticeable. 



12. Lolo Vocabulary, of Nalipa, taken the 9th of April at Ssumao. 



13. Chut Pat Vocabulary, of Kouen-fang (same as the Hin Pais\ taken the 15th 



of April. 



14. Lokcii Vocabulary, 20th April. (The Lokais call themselves Lachous.) 



15. Lolo Vocabulary, 20th April, at Chian-na-ling. (The Lolos call themselves 



Toutans.) 



16. Pou Ma Vocabulary, at Pouto, 29th April. (Seems to approach the Pai.) 



17. Lokat Vocabulary, at Koueng-fang, ist May. (Very clearly pronounced.) 



18. Aliitchia Vocabulary, 20th June, at Kian-pin. 



19. Lissou Vocabulary, 3rd July, at Lou-kou. 



20. Tono Vocabulary, 15th July, at Tono. (Resembles Lissou.) 



21. Petscit or Han Lama Vocabulary, 23rd July. (Very like Minchia.) 



22. Pe Lissou Vocabulary, 8th August. 



23. Mosso Vocabulary, at Ngaiwa, i^th August. (The Mossos call themselves 



Nachis.) 



24. Louise Vocabulary, taken at Tsekou in August. (The Loutses call themselves 



Melams ; the Thibetans style them Ngias, or imbeciles.) 



A Complement to the Loutse Dialect will be found at the end of the 

 Vocabularies. 



25. Thibetan Vocabulary, at Tsekou, end of August. 



26. Loutse Vocabulaiy, taken from some Loutses at Tamalou, loth October. 



27. Kioutse Vocabulary, at Tukiu Mu. 



28. Alishmi Vocalntlarv, at Bouniang in December. 



29. Kioutse Vocabulaiy, taken from the Sing-leng folk, 13th December. Called by 



the Pais and the English Khanungs, by themselves Metouans. 



30. Singpho ]'ocabulary, at Daphagang in December. 



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