s:?ft :^rASAr. tuiikana, suk, nandi, etc. 



tln'ir laiigiKigc as I jiussess is deri\;ecl from 

 Eiiiiii Taslui's article wi the sul)ject published 

 in till- Zeilschri/t J'li r h'f}ni<il(ii/ie, J-!crliii. 1882. 

 Till' (lucstii.ii is siu'li an iritcri'stiiiL;- cmc tlial I 

 (nis( till- cittic'ials nv iiiissioiiarii's uf the I'gaiida. 

 I'nitectorate may niaki- haste tn collect \xical)ii- 

 laries i>f Latuka before that language dies out 

 under the rivalry of Sudanese Arabic or et the 

 flourishing .Veheli fougnes to the south. "What 

 Would be interesting in this connection wiadd 

 lie to ascertain if Latuka wei-e more arcahic 

 than Masai, Ijotli tengues being derived from a. 

 stock which was a blend lu^weeu the tongues 

 of the Nile Negmes and of the llamitic (_ialas. 

 At presiuit. fnim 1lie little I know, it would 

 seem to me that .Masai cmiies nearer to this 

 original lilend 1 ban the tongue uf I^atuka. which 

 is slightlv more corrupt. If this be the case, 

 the original kiiithplace of the Masai may have 

 l:i( en farther to the east or north-east than the 

 Lat aka. 



East of the I.atuka country there would 

 seem to be a lielt of Nilotic people connecting 

 the Acholi trifles with their aflies in race and 

 lantruatre, the DtnLii or J<i7ike.''' To the east 

 and south-east, huwe\-er, of this belt of Aclioli 

 people is the Kiiraniojn, or Karamoyo, country, 

 which extends north and south from the northern 

 flanks of .Mount Elgou nea.rlv to a. level with 

 the north end of Lake Kiidolf. The Karaiiiojo 

 people [ilivsically are closely allied to the Dantu 

 Xegroes, though in their cranial and facial characteristics they betray 

 an ancient intermi.xture witli the 3Iasai. The women, though ipiite of 

 the Negro type, have soujetimes very hue figures, modelled a good deal 

 more according to the comcntional ideas of beauty amongst Europeans. 

 Thev are broad at the hip>. and lia\i' thick, well-sha[ieil thighs and short, 

 straight legs from the knee to the ankle. The iin'ii ari' V(U'y like the 

 good-looking type of Bantu Ni^gi'o. Sometimes, however, they show traces 

 of Nilotic intermi.xture by the long, lanky figures, knock knees, and long, 

 thin, splayed legs. They are black of skin. There is a, slight tendency 



* .Tanke, or Dyanke, is the correct form, wliirli the Sudanese Aruljs have corruiited 

 to iJiuka. 



466. A K.iKAMOJO WUM.V.N" 



