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APPENDIX K. 



English 



Sun 



Mountain 



Palm tree 

 Tear 

 Morning 

 To-morrow 

 Village . 



House . 



Wood . 

 Dinner . 



Head . 



Eyes 



Nose 



Feet 



Go {impur.) 



Come . 



Give 



Eat 



Call 



Sit down 



Good 



Shelluh 



atfoukt . 

 fadrar (phir. 

 \ idrarn) 



taghinast 



aksougaz 



zir , 



azgali 



thedderth 

 /tikimie 1 

 \ tigameen / 



asr'oer 



imkelli 



akfie 



alen 



tinzah 



idarn 



aflou 



ashi 



fikiliie 

 ainish 

 irkerah 



gaouze 



egan ras 



Kabyle 



tefoukt . 

 fedrar {plwr. 

 \ ouderan) 



jat faroukt 



ezoughaz 



ighilwas 



ezikka 



tedert 

 / tighimi \ 

 Lakham / 



esghar 



elles 



rikf 1 



\akfai / 

 ellin 



Inzer 

 / idaren 

 \ adar 



eddou 

 fas 1 



\eshkad ( 



efki 



itch 



kera 

 fghaouer"! 

 \aguim / 



deiaii 



{sing. ' 



Tamashek' 



tafoukt 

 fadrar (^pln 

 \ idrarn) 



aou^tai 



ifaout 



toufat 



asr'er 

 amekchi 



ir'ef 



{tiththaouin 

 (^sinff. tith) 



eg'al 

 fas (come, or 



I go) 

 ekf 

 eksh 



fr'iiri 

 \ekk'im 

 elkir r'as 



It will be seen that, as regards thirty out of thirty-five 

 Shelluh substantives here enumerated, the Kabyle equivalents 

 are distinguished only by dialectic differences, and the same holds 

 as to at least four out of six verbs. It thus appears, as far as the 

 evidence goes, that there is as much verbal resemblance between 

 these tongues as between Italian and Spanish, or other allied 

 languages belonging to the same stock. The comparison with 

 the Tamashek' shows a less close etymological relationship. Out 

 of twenty-four substantives for which Tamashek' equivalents 

 have been found, twelve only, and two only out of five verbs, 

 show identity of origin. But it is interesting to find indica- 

 tions that the Shelluh retains a closer conformity to the rules 

 of Tamashek' grammar than does the better known Kabyle 

 language. In the very few cases where a comparison is possible 

 we find, indeed, absolute identity. Thus the Shelluh word for 

 boy (ayel), is apparently not found either in Kabyle or Tama- 

 shek ; ' but the feminine form {tayell), for girl, precisely follows 



