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This specimen of a comparative vocabulary, will 

 convey some idea of the dctiiai state of tliese languages, 

 and of the actual variety which subsists in the lan-» 

 guage of conversation, especially on the coasts and 

 maritime districts. Many of the words which occur 

 in one language, are also found in others, though ge- 

 nerally with some difference of pronunciation, and 

 sometimes in an oblique sense. Frequently too, besides 

 the terms which Ihave selected, \vhichare only tiiose 

 of current use, several other words of the same signi- 

 fication might be found within the compass of the lan- 

 guage. Thus, instead of r/;z^'7/?o-, wind, in the high 

 Bugis, salarimg occurs in this signification ; and in- 

 stead of salctka, silver, bule mat a occurs in the high 

 Mungkdsai' dialect. In the same manner, the personal 

 pronouns in Bugis terminate their plurals in manung, 

 and in Mnngkasar in ngas'mg, both of which signify 

 all. Thus, (Bug.) idimamwg, (Mung,) ikuttengasing, 

 we all. (Bug.) ikomanung, (Mung. J ikaiingasi/ig, you 

 all. (Bug.) dlmanung, (Mu?ig.) yenjo yang-ngasingy 

 they all. It is worthy of observation, that the Udia 

 language spoken in OnV^^, forms the plural of its per- 

 sonal pronouns by tlie addition of the particle mane^ 



