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Specimen of (he Language of the Goonds. 



[March, 



English. 



Goondi. 



English. 



Goondi 



She goat, 



Peti. 



A mango flower 



, Ini. 



A dog, 



Naie. 



A mango tree, 



Irii murra. 



A cat, 



Bhongal. 



A bear tree, 



Ringa. 



A wild cat, 



Wurkar. 



A tamarind tree. 



Chitta, 



Fowls, 



Kur. 



Sagun tree, 



Teka. 



Cock, 



Gungiiri. 



Peepul, 



Ali. 



Chickens, 



Chiwar. 



Not, no 



Hille. 



Eggs, 



Mesuk. 



Yes, 



Hinge\ 



Mice, 



Ulli. 



Near, 



Kurrun. 



Serpents, 



Turras. 



Before, 



Nunne\ 



Fish, 



Mink. 



Within, 



Rupper. 



A tiger, 



Pullial. 



Between, 



Nuddum. 



Come hither, 



Hikke wurra. 



Behind, 



Pija. 



Stop, 



Udda. 



Above, 



Purro. 



Sit down, 



Ud chihun. 



Beneath, 



Sidi. 



Go on, 



Dut. 



On account, 



Lane\ 



Go, 



Hun. 



Hither, 



Hikkei. 



To kneel, 



Mursana. 



Thither, 



Hukke\ 



To go to bed, 



Nurmana. 



Now, 



Ind^ke^. 



To walk, 



Takana. 



When, 



Boppor. 



To run, 



Wittana, 



Here, 



Iga. 



To laugh, 



Kowana. 



Thus, 



Ital atal. 



To sing, 



Wurana. 



Daily, 



Dink. 



To dance, 



Yendana. 



One, 



Undi. 



To speak, 



Wunkana. 



Two, 



Rund. 



To fight, 



Turritana. 



Three, 



Mund. 



To beat, 



Jittana. 



Four, 



Nalo. 



To weep, 



Urtana. 



Five, 



Saiyan. 



Bamboo, 



Wuddu. 



Six, 



Sarun. 



Buckul, 



Murrus. 



Seven, 



E'ro. 



Grass, 



Jari. 



Eight, 



Armur. 



Leaves, 



Aki. 



Nine, 



Urmah. 



Posts, 



Serrak. 



Ten, 



Pudth. 



A tree, 



Murra. 



Twenty, 



Wisa. 



A root of a tree 



, Sir. 



Fifty, 



Punnas. 



A flower, 



Piingar. 



Hundred, 



Ntir. 



