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Description of the Siah-p6shi$ 



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English. 





Kaffir. 



English.- 



Kaffir. 



Wall 





Barkan 



Five 



Pich 



King 

 Bow 





Pacha 



Six 



Shu 





Shindri 



Seven 



Soti 



Arrow 





Kain 



Eight 



Osht 



Sword 





Tavali 



Nine 



Nu 



Shield 





Karai 



Ten 



Dosh 



Spear 





Shel 



Twenty 



Vaslii 



Armour 





Jirah 



Thirty 



(not known only 



Axe 





Chavi 





even tens) 



Knife 





Kalai 



Forty 



Dovashi 



Tobacco 





Tamaku 



Sixty 



Trevashi 



One 





Ek 



Eighty 



Chal 



Two 





Du 



Hundred 



Chatavashi 



Three 





Tie 



Thousand 



Hazar 



Four 





Chata 











Questions in the Kaffir Language 





What is 



your name? 



Too ba nam kussoora ? 



Where i 



s your country? 



Eema ba desh akineora ? 



Where i 



ire you going ? 



Akeeny gayish ? 





In your 



country 



do they dance ? 



Eema ba deshakna natee chaol? 



Do you 



drink wine ? 



Chookrye piash ? 





I do not understand. 



Yai na piam. 





Give me 



water. 





Eeu an as. 





Is the road bad ? 





Poout awaiwa. 





Are there bears 



in Kaffiristan ? 



Eema ba deshukua broo wa ? 



How many days' journey from Wygul Wygul oshtee kittee wass ka dunooa 



to Camdesh ? * Camdesh ? 



Who lives in Shah Kuttore's country? Shah Kuttore bu deshunaki visheen 



ust mom ? 

 Muhammadans reside there ? Moosulmannis heen ust mom ? 



Is there any king in Wygul ? Wygul pucha waist a nuwair ? 



How many towns are there? Kitee shuhr war? 



Specimens of the Pushye Dialect. 



English. 



Pushye. 



English. 



Pushye. 



Bread 



Aoo 



Foot 



Pay am 



Water 



Oorgai 



Waist 



Gamum 



Mother 



Ai 



Breast 



Simoom 



Wife 



Ishterkoom 



Belly 



Koochun 



Son 



Pootram 



Thigh 



Dawaram 



Forehead 



Till 



Knee 



Kareem 



Eyebrows 



Kash - 



Fingers 



Angoram 



Nose 



Nost 



Ear 



Kaiam 



Lip 



Ooshtam 



Hair 



Loom 



Mouth 



Gilamam 



Butter 



Ghoost 



Beard 



Darim 



Flour 



Aboee 



Hard 



H ust am 



Ques 



Meat 

 tions. 



Pe 



Are you hungry 



? 



Awa tooma? 





Are you thirsty 



? 



Tunooma ? 





The sun is hot. 





Soora gurma. 





Have you fever 



? 



Pare jech ke ? 





What is your name ? 



Name kera ? 





Where are you j 



ijoing ? 



Kuro shart ke ? 





When will you 



return ? 



Kima le yai ? 





Is it snowing ? 





Lange taroo "* 





