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resembles generally the dialect of Lakhimpur. The chief 
points of resemblance are : 
Ramayana. ee 
(1) Noun sg. ob]. ends in -é. (1) Noun 
(2) Noun pl. obl. in -ana or 
-anha., 
(3) Adj. obl. mase. in -é. 
(4) Pronouns generally a- 
’ gree. 
(a) Gen. mor, mori, more, 
tor, tori, toré conn with 
others méro, térd, 
(5) Ist pl. Imperative ends 
generally in -iya, e.g. diya, 
kahiya, bédhiya. 
(6) Past Indic. trans. verb 
oe, ee balaka anha- 
(7) Past Indic. 2nd 
sometimes ends in 
e.g. sundyesi. 
(8) Past Pe intrans. in 
-a,7 an 
(9) Past Cont, in 
sg. 
-est, 
-e, ehu 
o 
na (karana, hasana). 
(12) Sometimes dative post- 
position badi found (bip- 
ra badi). 

. obl. ge screen 
lost bat remnants found 
specially in loc., e.g. sapné, 
yas ant jane. 
(2) in 
(3) 1 
(4) Tasik that obl. of Ist 
and 2nd person pronouns 
8. 
(5) in -2, e.g. at, kahit, bedhi. 
(6) mb Sees agrees ss the 
subject, e.g. janant bala- 
kan ka ‘heise 
(7) ends always in -is’, e.g. 
sunayts'. 
(8) similarly. 
9) = “tt, iu, eg. hotia, 
(10) * form only in Ist pl. 
and -h forms for the rest. 
e.g. chitrihat, bihathau, 
sunthat 
(11) dir. in -ab; obl in -at 
(karat, hasa sai). 
(12) bad one of the regular 
dative postpositions. 
