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mare, care. The o has also two : as, o in cone ; and o in bore, or oa 

 in hoar. 



I have distinguished the soft and hard letters, as follows : — 



fT t W th ^ d ^T dh 



Z t Z th vg" d £T dh 

 and the harsh ^ I have expressed generally by d, and not by r follow- 

 ing the Devanagree ^ and not the Oordoo " r. 



The Hinduvee character of Bundelkhand is written most correctly 

 by the tribe of Kaiths. The Banyans, in writing it, leave out all the 

 vowels. 



The Oordoo w is often changed into b ; as, be for we (they). 



The nasal • dot (sun) I have expressed by n. 



^ I have expressed by a ; and ^rj by a. 



fjr by i, and ^ by ee ; ^ by u, and >gj by oo. 



Gender. 



A noun is made feminine from masculine, as follows : beta, bitiya ; 

 ghora, ghuriya ; a female speaking uses ee instead of o in the termina- 

 tion of the first person. 



Number. 



The plural number is formed from the singular, as follows :— 

 ghoro, ghore. 



patee, pateen. 



kutiya, kutiyan. 



Case. 



The inflected case, ready for receiving the addition of the post 

 positions, is formed as follows : — . 



Singular. 



Plural. 



ghoro, 



ghore. 



ghore, 



ghoran. 



Pronouns. 





Singular. 



Plural. 



mae, I 



ham. 



mo, inflected case, 



ham (hawa.) 





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