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Grammar of the Brahuiky Language, 



[7un£, 



Story in Brahuiky. 



Char bnndn^A hinar hamra masu ; Four men set out in company, on© 



asisargar, asitrakan, asi darzi, asi a carpenter, one a goldsmith, one 



r , ,. i ,-. , , . \ , , a tailor, and one a fakeer : they 



fakir: da ka gida darer hinar huk- took with them gome thing . s and 



mat A7iudana hinar sahra seti hinar- started. By the order of God they 



muhibo Mofanajaga seti, sham tama- ^rived at a desert place, a place of 



° great fear. Evening set in, they 



ta. Hesur pat dir Kh&kfmre lagafer brought firewood, they put water 



h-ngh biser kungor tusurmaslatkarer on the fire, they cooked food, eat it, 



. , in i . • v- jvj^ and as they were sitting had a con- 



tenpaten sala leaning juwane datfe ,. ,. ' ., & , , 



* . sultation among themselves and a- 



paspani fcAabardari leaning juwane greed, that it was a good thing to 



kul parer juwan toukal JT/mdana adopt some plan, and that it was a 



awal ko war dinai trakan pare 



good thing there to set a watch and 



be on their guard. They all said well, 



kanai parer juwan ilunk awal ko by God's permission whose shall be 



war na,e tulltak nan harm u sit Ma- the first watch - The carpenter said 



. . \ N mine. They all replied, Well, bro- 



china zangar pare na war purav mas ther ^ your > s is the first watchj be 



kane bashkes pare juwan nimkhach- seated, we three will goto sleep; 



bo,trakandamastus tugh hallt Dange ^e g?Wsmith said, when your watch 



* ° is finished, awake me ; he said well, 



henge hura hamode bundas tamasas do you go to sleep. The carpenter 



dusha^fia teshei hawalamas zaif as is awake and seated, reclines his 



head, looks here and there, a log is 

 lying by, he takes it into hand and 



nished, and he went to sleep, having- 

 awoke the goldsmith. The gold. 



jod kare handa patan ona war purav 



mas o fcftacha baskare zargare zargar begins to carve it. In fact he made 



bashmas tus madanai mone hadsa a woman out of it, his watch was fi- 

 nde zaif ase dade tikhoke durust 



kare dakana hamrana kareme kasha smith awoke and seated himself and 



tena ture kasha zarana tukaras tama slowly turning round his head ex- 



. ... claims holla, here is a woman placed 



karem kaning te saat jod kare touk herftj j con jecture this is the work 



phulo daswana banhi padink sha^a of my companion : he took out his 



zaJfe wasat juwan mas o khaoha 1 workba ^ * m } a piece of gold, and 



began to work ; he made such orna- 



bashkare darzi,e darzi damas tus men ts, as necklace, earrings, brace- 



mone hadsa zaife Mana patua butas lets, bangles, anklets and put them 



khana saat zewar tu kasha tena ture ° n *' ie % ul ' e ;^' ic . h looked very well, 



he then went to sleep having awoke 



tama giidh mo^angati kus gudh the tailor. The tailor awakes, is 



paijama kul gida e ta bar hal kare seated and turning his head, saw 



,, , N , x . ,, r , r. r „, the woman, saw that it was a wooden 



odkhacha bashkare faMire. FaMir statue cov J red with jewe]Sj he toofe 



bashmastus mone hadsa zaife Mana out his working bag and stitched 



pare ya khudawanda da amro juvvand the Mlowingarticles of dress : a pet- 



.. , , . , v ticoat, a veil, a pair of drawers, all 



zaif ase wall arman ki patase du,a which be i ng completed he went to 



kare khuda ya tensl khuda inabar- sleep having awoke the fakeer. The 



katat da zaife sa yeti onadawa ami fakee , r awakes seats himself, turns 



N his head, and sees the woman, 



mas zaife sah tama roshan mas ham- and says Dh j God . wliat a beauti- 



rakt bashmasu harkas paire zaif ka- ful woman this is, what a pity she is 



