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Notes on Moorcroft's Travels in Ladakh, and on GeraraVs Account of 

 Kundwar, including a general description of the latter district. By 

 Lieutenant J. D. Cunningham, of the Engineers, 1843. 



[Concluded from page 222.] 



Language. 



There are five different dialects spoken in Kunawar, the words are 

 monosyllabic or dissyllabic. 



1st The Milchan, or common ; the chief characteristics are the ter- 

 minations ang, ing, ung. 



The infinitives of the verbs end in mig and nig. 



2nd. The Theburskud spoken at Soongnum, is very different from 

 the Milchan, and the infinitives terminate in hung and pufig. 



3rd. The dialect used in Lubrung and Kannur, in which the infini- 

 tives of verbs end in ma and na. 



4th. That spoken at Leedung, where the terminations of the infini- 

 tives are ens. 



5th. The Bhoteea or Tartar. 



The Milchan and Bhoteea are distinct tongues, and the same may 

 be almost said of the Theburskud ; the other two are dialects of the 



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