and is also, with only sliglit variations in tlie dialect, that of the 

 tribes in the MacDonnell Ranges eastward to Alice Springs, but 

 not far westward of the River Finke, and extending southward 

 to the Peake. 



GRAMMAR. 



CHAPTER I. 



Of the Characters taken to Represent the Sounds of the 

 Language, and their Pronunciation. 



VOWELS. 



A a, like a in father, are O o, like o in more 



E e, like e in there, were U u, like u in dull, or o in more. 



I i, like i in tin 



DIPHTHONGS. 



Ai ai, like i in light Oi oi, like oi in oil. 



Au au, like ow in now 



CONSONANTS. 



B 1), like b in be N n, like n in near 



D d, like d in do Ng ng, like ng in ring 



O g, like g in go P p, like p in pipe 



H h, like h in here R r, like r in roam 



J j, like y in year T t, like t in to 



K k, like k in king Tj tj, like g in gentle 



L 1, like 1 in long AV w, like w in wife 



INI m, like m in more 



These are the primitive sounds, to which for the sake of the 

 pronunciation of the Scriptural names, were added — 

 F f, like f in far Z z, like z in zero. 



S s, like s in so 



The vowels and diphthongs are to be considered as always 

 short. In order to make the number of written characters as few 

 as possible, the elongation of the syllable is indicated by a small 

 stroke over the letter, as, lada, " the paint," in which the a is to 

 be pronounced long, as in far. 



When two or three vowels occur, they form a dipthong ; if not, 

 they are separated by the mark of di<iiresis ( • ), as, leoika. 



CHAPTER IT. 



Of Substantives and their Cases, and of Prepositions. 



Substantives have three numbers : singular, dual, and plural, 

 but no distinctive mark for gender either by the use of an article 

 or otherwise. There is no article 



All words terminate in «, with the exception of tiie vocative of 

 substantives, and the imperative mood of verbs which terminate in fl^i. 



