THE WHITE WORLD 



From Akatengwa, who learned it from Alekasingwa. 

 1 time, then repeat No. I. 



No. 2. 



From Akatengwa. 

 Used in counting— atauseng, mahlu, pingazun, sisamen, tadlimen, etc 

 12 3 4 5 



From Akatengwa. 

 Words improvised, air probably traditional. 



Audlakto te u - mi-ah-so - a... 

 Away goes the ship 



a-wa-ni a-wa-ni 

 over there 



From Akatengwa. 

 Air probably traditional. Words an imitation of a well-known English 

 exclamation. 



ko - te - mi ko - te - mi. 



The value of the letters in the spelling here adopted is 

 the same as in German, with the following exceptions. 

 W sounds nearly as in English; s is always surd (as in 

 miss) but represents a sound made by thrusting the tip 

 of the tongue down and forward and arching its back 

 against the hard palate; z is the same sound but sonant 

 (that is, bearing the same relation to Eskimo s that Eng- 

 lish z does to English s); k is pronounced farther back 

 than k; g is like Dutch g; h 'like German ch; r is the Par- 



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