DIALECT OF KB-LUNG. 



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Note. — All the above words are to be pronounced just as they 

 are written, with English pronunciation. An accent has been 

 placed upon some syllables, just to show the prominent part of 

 the word ; and the circumflex over the r's shows that they should 

 be trilled or rolled. The r's and I's were in many cases used 

 indifferently by the same person, and appear to be interchange- 

 able. 



One thing is especially worthy of remark as differentiating 

 these people irom the Chinese, viz. the number and strong 

 pronunciation of the r's in their language, while it is well 

 known that the Chinese cannot sound that letter at all — thus, for 

 rice, all Chinese say lice. 



I may perhaps add to this a few words of the dialect used by 

 the Chinese inhabitants of Ke-lung ; as follows — 



One . 

 Two . 

 Three . 

 Four . 

 Five . 

 Six . 

 Seven . 

 Eight . 



Head 

 Breasts 

 Nipple 

 Eye . 

 Ear . 

 Nose . 

 Mouth 



chew, 

 chap, 

 eet. 



eet-gee. 

 eet-sah. 

 eet-see, &c. 

 sah -chap, 

 see-chap. 



tow-en. 



tchu-e-kee. 



tsui-tu. 



tgee. 



am-koon. 



kart-chung. 



tching-towa, 



