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rese, where Sanscrit terms,* have in general instances superseded the 

 original words. The influence of the Urdu on Goand is also percepti- 

 ble in the ten Commandments, and Sand Sumjee's song, where we find 

 such terms as admee man, hazar 1000, kdm business, labari-gohai false 

 witness, khabar news, kuan well, tisra din third day, hath market, 

 guttri bundle, ghossa laga become angry, pucha question, thera kya 

 established, and the particles jub when, and Iceh that. 



The similarity of grammatical construction between the Goand and 

 southern languages is apparent in many respects, but in this part the 

 Vocabulary seems rather defective. 



The plural is formed by the addition of h in Goand, and by hat Midi gal 

 in Tamil and Canarese. The objective cases which terminate in na and 

 im in the former, are formed by in the genitive, and nu the accusative, 

 in Tamil and in Canarese. The structure of the verb, as far as it can be 

 learned from the examples given, also presents many analogies. The 

 present and some of the other tenses in Goand are derived from the 

 present and conjunctive participles without personal terminations, in 

 this respect corresponding with the formation of the Malayalem verb, 

 (Peet's Malayalem Grammar, p. 60.) which is also without inflections. 

 The past and future tenses show some traces of resemblance to the 

 Canarese and Tamil, both in their formation and in their personal ter- 

 minations. The large employment of auxiliary verbs in the southern 

 dialects is not perceptible in the Goand specimens of construction, 

 unless it be in the formation of the passive by the use of home. 



These hasty remarks have been thrown together in the hope of show- 

 ing how wide a field is open for further investigation, not with the 

 idea of communicating valuable results. The Vocabulary and speci- 

 mens are too scanty and imperfect to make the institution of more 

 careful comparisons worth while at present. The Goand words too 

 seem to have suffered considerable mutilations and changes at the 

 hands of the printer, which renders it hazardous to venture on con- 

 clusions drawn from less obvious resemblances. It is to be hoped that 

 more attention will be given to so interesting a subject, and the publi- 

 cation of a well selected Vocabularyf of terms for general adoption as 

 promised by the Editors, will greatly facilitate the labours of future 

 inquirers in this field. 



* As in day, man, twenty, Sec. t See loot note, p. 286. 



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