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Grammar of the Brahuiky Language. 



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saheb lumkana ne salam karek kai 

 pare lumna ne nutak kutanu mar 

 pare saheb tipara kazi tena ustati 

 thaka Mwash mas kazi tena choka- 

 ri,e rai kare zaifa#&a,e chokari hina 

 salame this zaif pare begai bares bil_ 

 kul chokari hadsenga bas kazi,e pare 

 kazi A/iwash mas zaif tena araghe 

 pare begai safilati /c&aehak chidingas 

 duty tena karak ara waMtai Kazi 

 bas chidinge chandefis araMt pare 

 jwan sham tama kazi bas sad rupai 

 this pare bashkan Machin chidingna 

 tawar mas kazi hairan mas zaif pare 

 kana aregh bas kana mon mohn mas 

 kazi pare kash e gudatine sunduftA 

 ti khkch kazi Madia arikht bas urati 

 tiis sunduMe kulf karer hhhchkv 

 mullana bangai zaif bashmas tama 

 pitingati hamsa,e ghak kul muchma- 

 su aut ho^ang ase zaif pare kana 

 nrngh hinane kana lum ghastk shah- 

 rai lum kana kaskune lashet hesuni 

 kul tama hoghangti alam hinar kabr 

 sthanai hinar kabre taiyar karer 

 basur lash a,e harfer darer kilite 

 khw&ykv mudde kashen zaif pare 

 kilit afak i tena lumai kashe para 

 padsha kilit e khwayk hallk kulfe 

 malar kazi,e Ichanhv kazi,e mochide 

 man khalk kuste zan behaya da aut 

 afal as kuramsak arvvat ga^ida pes- 

 hama sunduMan arwat ga^ida hina 

 gumarak alam harkas hinar tena 

 uratiyai. 



or my sister, and I take my leave. 

 They all called her their sister and 

 every one went to his own house, 

 they went into their own house and 

 slept. By the order of God some- 

 time had elapsed and Mulla Mansur 

 had a son, the son was seven years 

 old, they sent and seated him in a 

 reading school under the Kazi. One 

 day the woman told her son to give 

 her salam to the Kazi ; the boy 

 went and said my mother has sent 

 you her salam. The Kazi said is 

 your mother's flour finished, the 

 boy said I don't understand, the 

 Kazi reflected in his own mind and 

 was delighted : he dispatched his 

 slave girl to the woman, she went 

 and gave the salam : the woman said 

 by all means come this evening. The 

 girl went back to the Kazi and told 

 him, he was delighted. The wife said 

 to her husband, this evening lie 

 down on the balcony and have some 

 bells in your hand, when the Kazi 

 comes shake the bells, the husband 

 said very well. Evening set in, the 

 Kazi came took out a hundred 

 rupees, and said come now let us 

 sleep, the bells began to sound, the 

 Kazi was confounded, the woman 

 said my husband has come, he will 

 make my face black, the Kazi said 

 I will take off my clothes and lie 

 down in this box ; the Kazi lies 

 down, the husband comes into the 

 house, sits down and locks the box, 

 they go to sleep. At the call to 

 prayers the woman awakes and be- 

 gins to wail ; all the neighbours 

 assemble to ask the cause of the 

 weeping, the woman said my hus- 

 band went into a neighbouring vil- 

 lage where my mother had died, and 

 has brought her corpse, in a box ; 

 they all began to mourn and cry. 

 Some went to the burying place and 

 prepared a grave, and some to bring 

 the coffin, they carry it away and 

 asked for the key, that they might 

 take out the corpse : the woman said 

 there is no key, I will not have my 

 mother taken out, the king demand- 

 ed the key, they took it and opened 

 the box, they saw the Kazi, you 

 rascally lewd knave, see the plight 

 you are in, you donkey cuckold 

 come out of the box, said the king : 

 every one went to his own house. 



