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THE BIRDS OF THE MARIANNE ISLANDS AND THEIR 

 VERNACULAR NAMES.— I. 



By W. E. Saffoed. 

 Continued from 2>ag& 43- 



For example Umiitag, the village off which the Uranie anchored, is written 

 "Humata. " Moreover the Spanish represent the sound of the English j or 

 dff in judge by the letter y, writing the name of the frigate bird, for instance, 

 "payaya, " when it is really pronounced padjaudja. 



The sounds of the words in the Chamorro language, as the vernacular of 

 the Marianna Islanders is called, may be represented by the following letters. 



ALPHABET OF THE CHAMORRO LANGUAGE. 



a, as in/ar, father; German hahen; Spanish rarao. 



a, as in hat, man. 



ai, as in aisle, as i in pine; German Uain; Spanish ay! 



au, as ou in o^d; German Ilaus; Spanish causa. 



h, as in hox; German Buch; Spanish hajo. 



ch, as in church; Spanish mucho. 



d, as in dead; German das; Spanish de. 



e, as in they; German lehen; Spanish qw. 

 f as inffe; German Feur; Spanish yMwia/'. 

 g, as en get; German gehen; Spanish ganar. 



h, as in he; German hahen; when tinal, like the German ch in Dach. 



i, as in machine; German ihn Spanish hilo. 



j, as in judge, as g in gentle; Italian Giovanni. 



k, as in kick; French qu in qui; Spanish qu in quelxrar. 



I, as in Ixdl; German lassen; Spanish Idstima. 



m, as in mum; German Mutter; Spanish niadre. 



n, as in nun; German 7m?y Spanish nacidn. 



ng, as 'ra finger, linger. 



rig, as in sing, singer; German Hunger, lUnger. 



n, as ni in companion ; Spanish canon; French gn in agneau. 



0, as in note; German Of en; French nos; Spanish nosotros. 



p, as in pipe; German Puppe; Spanish padre. 



r, as in rural; German rund; Spanish ramo. 



s, as in see; German besser; Spanish saco. 



t, as in ^kich; German Tag; Spanish tocar. 



u, as a rule; German du; Spanish uno; French ou in douce. 



Note. — In words derived from the Spanish soft c and z are replaced by 



