318 Languages of the various tribes inhabiting the [April, 



The Conjunctions are — 

 Tak, Le, and. Ik, besides, moreover. 



Khan, if. Ik \au, yet again. 



Unkan, unless. Tewa, but, except. 



Pera, because. Hu, or. 



The construction of the language is simple and inartificial, adhering 

 to what philologists term the analogous idiom, that is, ideas are ex- 

 pressed in the natural order in which they occur to the mind. The 

 nominative regularly precedes the verb, and most frequently the verb 

 precedes the case which it governs. 



Sentences. 

 The following sentences are introduced to exemplify the preceding 

 remarks : — 



Ma hau, The dog barks. 

 Miau ta warn nu, A cat will catch mice. 

 Lapsing ho han pe, She can see in the dark. 



iVok na\ Ao?zg ma nai nfm gai ? Do you not hear that bird singing ? 

 Khai man. mail pai lak, Do not steal her eggs. 

 Sang mail lak, tang wan man ta hai yan, If you steal them, she will 



cry all day. 

 Yong, Zuk on ni, Yong is a good boy. 



Kan ma pin pe, man ma wa, He does not say, " I cannot do" (it.) 

 Kanghau lang nin nai phau te ma ? Who made the heavens and the 

 earth ? 



The Lord's Prayer in Khamti. 

 Po tii kha, an u mi kang hau nai, nang cii* mail cau, rose ktfyam 

 haii, yang nui ne ; hail ma te man, te mwng maii cau, nui ne ; nang alo 

 maii cau, khaii can. nii fa kang hau pye zong nang hu ko, lang m'n 

 mwng kang hau, pin nang nan ta kha ta. Hang ^au manai ca kin haii 

 nui ta kha ta. Kwn phit hang hau nai hau poi nang hii ko, apet 

 tii kha khau poi haii many na» ta kha ta — Apet kysim nai hang hau 

 pai haii com ; ti hai ti yak poi lot haii nui ta kha ta. 

 The SiNGPHO.f 

 The territories occupied by the Singphos extend from the Patkoi 

 range to the Brahmaputra, or from the 27° to the 28° N. Lat. and from 



* C is sounded as in Czar, or like Ts. 



f My acknowledgments are due to the Rev. M. Bronson for the kind assistance 

 received from him while drawing up the following remarks. 



