1895.] G. A. Grierson — Bangdll version of the Lord^s Prayer. 89 



Kama mou pun'ja radjat daan kauwassahan daan ber-bessarau 

 sampey kakakal. Amin. 



It appears according to Signor Teza, that the above is actually 

 Malay. 



The version in so-called Bangali characters, of which the above is 

 Wilkins' transcription is now worth reprinting, — for as a matter of fact 

 only a few of the characters are Bangali, and those few are wrongly used. 

 Thus de is written i^ instead of cxf. It is either an absolute invention of 

 Wilkins, which is not probable, or it is some hybrid character used by 

 Malay Sailors in their intercourse with Bengal. Wilkins was under 

 the impression that, at the time when he wrote (1715 A.D.), Bangali 

 was disappearing as a language, its place being taken by Malay. 



5%tM 75J ^n?,<^j5nJ5>(^ Z^m^ IrfJwf^iH 3^u?85in Sijm^* 



Another correction has been made by Signor Teza, to which I take 

 this opportunity of drawing attention. In my article ' I mentioned that 

 the first grammar of Hindustani was that of Schultz, published in 1745, 

 a work which I had not had the good fortune to see. Signor Teza is 

 the fortunate possessor of a copy of this work, which appeared m Halle 

 in 1744 (not 1745). Schultz, in his preface, mentions a still earlier 

 grammar. In 1743 there appeared the Miscellanea Orientalia of David 



I L. c, p. 47. 



