184/.] Specimen of the Language of the Goonds. 



Singular nouns form their plural by the addition of nk — as, 

 Kora, a horse, Korank. 



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Konda, 



an ox, 



Kondank. 



Mura, 



a cow, 



Murank. 



Manda, 



a man, 



Mandsank 



Maiju, 



a woman, 



Maijiink. 



Neli, 



a field, 



Nelnk. 



Run, 



a house, 



Ronk. 



Gender. — There is nothing to distinguish the genders except that 

 the females of certain animals have a different name from the males — 



Bilal, 



a she cat, 



Bokal, 



a torn cat. 



Yeti, 



a she goat, 



Buckral, 



a he goat. 



Puddhi, 



a sow, 



Ikundal, 



a boar. 



Kor, 



a hen, 



Gogori, 



a cock. 



Nominative, 

 Genitive, 



Nouns are thus declined. 



1st Declension. 

 Singular. Plural. 



Dative, 



Accusative, 



Ablative, 



Nominative, 



Genitive, 



Dative & Accusative 



Ablative, 



Nominative, 

 Genitive, 



a horse. 



Korank, 



horses. 



> of a horse. 



Korankna, 



of horses, 



^ to a horse. 



Korankun, 



horses. 



Kora, 



Korana, 

 or, Korada, 



Korat, 

 or, Koratun, 



Koratsun, by a horse. Koranksiin, by horses, 

 2d Declension. 



Gohk, wheat. 



Gohkna, of wheat. M 



n , , , . , . >No Plural. 



Gohkun, to wheat, r 



Gohksun, by wheat. J 



3d Declension. 

 Pindi, 

 Pindina, 

 Dative & Accusative, Pinditun, to otta. 



Ablative, Pinditsun, with otta. 



Adjectives and Participles are indeclinable, 



otta. "| 

 of otta. 



No Plural, 



