260 Characteristics of the Language of Ghagh or Accra. 



(3.) Modifying circumstances are placed after the verb which 

 they modify ; as, gnung-maw hi-gnaw gnungmaiong, God hves 

 in heaven. 



4 Idiom. The words for heaven and face combined signify 

 the sky ; as, gnung-maw hieh, heaven face, i. e. the sky ; mi 

 dzheh Africa mi ha maigneng, 1 came from Africa, I came into 

 this country ; mi keh klayite gbwhe, I and a sword killed, i. e. I 

 killed with a sword. 



VIII. Versification. 

 There is no poetry in this language. The natives, however, 

 compose songs in the Ashanti dialect of the Otsh-wi language. 



IX. Orthography. 



This language has never been reduced to writing for the use 

 of the natives, except partially by the Danes. Should such a 

 reduction ever take place, it is hoped that the general principles 

 may be followed which have been laid down by Dr. John Pick- 

 ering for the unwritten languages of America, and which have 

 been adopted in this article. 



X. Literature. 



This language possesses no literature. Nor have the natives of 



Ghagh any knowledge of writing, except so far as an Ashanti 



convert to Mohammedanism occasionally appears among them, or 



some of the children are taught in the English or Danish schools. 



XI. Vocabulary of Ghagh Words. 



