xx ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 
in manuscript nearly ready for the printer a large body of 
Klamath literature, consisting of mythic, ethnic, and historic 
tales, a grammar and a dictionary. The stories were told by 
the Indians and recorded by himself, and constitute a valuable 
contribution to the subject. Some specimens will appear in 
the papers appended to this report. * 
The grammatic sketch treats of both dialects, which differ 
but slightly in grammar but more in vocabulary. The gram- 
mar is divided into three principal parts: Phonology, Mor- 
phology, and Syntax. 
In Phonology fifty different sounds are recognized, includ- 
ing simple and compound consonants, the vowels in different 
quantities, and the diphthongs. 
A characteristic feature of this language is described in 
explaining syllabic reduplication, which performs iterative 
and distributive functions. Reduplication for various pur- 
poses is found in most of the languages of North America. 
In the Nahuatl, Sahaptin, and Selish families it is most promi; 
nent. Mr. Gatschet’s researches will add materially to the 
knowledge of the functions of reduplication in tribal lan- 
ouages. 
The verbal inflection is comparatively simple, for in it the 
subject and object pronouns are not incorporated. In the verb 
Mr. Gatschet recognizes ten general forms, a part of which 
he designates as verbals, as follows: 
1. Infinitive in -a. 
Durative in ota. 
Causative in -oga. 
Indefinite in -ash. 
Indefinite in -uish. 
Conditional in -asht. 
Desiderative in -ashtka. 
Intentional in -tki. 
Participle in -ank. 
10. Past participle and verbal adjectives in -tko. 
Tense and mode inflection is very rudimentary and is mostly 
accomplished by the use of particles. The study of the pre- 
fixes and suffixes of derivation is one of the chief difficulties of 
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