Grammar of the Balochky Language. [July, 



I saw that the time would be gone by, wherein co-operation could be 

 useful before the fiat of the government of Siam could be obtained ; 

 and not deeming it prudent to act any further lest that haughty court 

 should consider a compliance with the proposition which had been 

 made to it as conferring an obligation, I returned with the mission to 

 Penang. 



Penang, 1824. Revised, 1837. 



II. — Epitome of the Grammars of the Brahuiky, the Balochky and the 

 Panjdbi languages, with Vocabularies of the Baraky, the Pashi t the 

 Laghmani, the Cashgari, the Teerhai, and the Deer Dialects. By 

 Lieut. R. Leech, Bombay Engineers, Assistant on a Mission to Kabul. 



2. — Grammar of the Balochky Language. 

 This language is spoken throughout all those parts of the country 

 called Balochisthdn, that are either independent or owe such fealty only 

 to the rulers of the plain, as does not bring them down from their hills 

 for a long enough time to have their language corrupted into JathM, 

 by which name they designate the Sindhi. 



Alphabet. 

 The peculiarity consists in the frequent recurrence of the Arabic th&\ £ 

 the English th in the word those, and the Arabic ^ thai the English th in 



the word think. The scheme of alphabet adopted is the same as that 

 employed for the Brahuiky in the last number. 



Gender. 

 There is no gender in Balochky ; for they say, 

 Thara chiai bachhai astain ? Have you a son ? 



Thara jinkai chiai astain ? Have you a daughter? 



A % mard aMta. That man has come. 



Ai Barochani aMta. This Baroch woman has come. 



Number. 



Neither is there any number in the substantives even in those that end 

 in a vowel, which are few in comparison with the whole, for they say, 

 yak kardyd, one hilt, do kardyd, two hilts. 



Case. 

 Declension of a compound noun. 



Singular. Plural. 



Nom. Juwin mard a good man 



Gen. Juwin mardi of a good man The same. 



Dat. 6$ Ace. Juwin mardara to a good man 



Abl. Juwin marda thai from a good man 



Comparison 

 is made in the following manner; 

 Ai sharrind This is good 



Ai gu i sharrind This is better than that 



Ai aj durustan sharrind This is better than all 



