230 ON THE LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE 



a child, which is also Banna, and mateinay, which 

 seems to be an error, as it does not signify to sit, 

 either in Rukheng or Banna, but h"terally " does not 

 stand,"" the proper Rukh6ng term being rat chozvk. 

 The words in the vocabulary certainly exist in Ruk- 

 Mng as well as in Banna ; but in some instances 

 different words are in more general use, in tiie former; 

 as ahri, long, instead o^ she, and po-mro-naing-grong, 

 beast, instead of taraitzan. The Rukheng pronun- 

 ciation, sometimes too, is modified by the Burma , 

 and the letter r is almost always omitted in tlie spe- 

 cimen, though it is a distinguishing characteristic of 

 the Rukheng pronunciation. Thus, the Rukheng 

 requires ?nri-gri, earth, instead of mycegyee, in the 

 specimen; kri, great, instead oi" kyee ; kripamo, Joot^ 

 mstesic] of kid'pamo; krow'k, sir, \nsttSid of kiouk; kri, 

 a sta?% instead of kyay, and ni, the sun, instead of nay. 

 These errors, hoM'ever, are not to be attributed to 

 Dr. Fr. Buchanan, nor detract, in the least, from 

 the merit of his exertions in commencing the inves- 

 tigation ; they evidently proceed from the inaccuracy, 

 hurry, and indistinct pronunciation of his Barma 

 assistants, and in his situation were perhaps not to 

 be avoided, unless by attending to the native ortho- 

 graphy. 



Dr. F. Buchanan has also exhibited comparative 

 specimens of two mixed dialects, spoken in Arakan ; 

 the first termed Ru'inga, spoken by the Moslems of 

 the country, and consisting of a mixture of Arabic, 

 Hindi, and Rukheng ; the second, termed Rusan, used 

 by the Hindus of Arakan, who adhere to the system 

 of Brahma, and foiTned by a large proportion of 

 corrupted Sanscrit and Bengali, united to a compa- 

 ratively small portion of Rukheng. The dialect 

 of the province of Yo, as it is pronounced by the 

 BarmaSy and R6 as it is termed by the Rukheng, is 



