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Specimen of the Language of the Goonds. 



[March, 





] 



Personal Pronouns. 





Nak or nunna I, 



Singul 

 Imma 



ar, 

 thou, 



Wur he. 



Nowa 



my, 



Niwa 



thy, 



Wunna his. 



Nakun 



me, 



Nikun 



thee, 



Wtink him. 



Naksun 



by me, 



Niksun 



by thee, 



Wiinksun by him. 







Plural. 





Mak 

 Mowan 



we, 

 our, 



Imat 

 Miwan 



you* 



your, 



Wurg they. 

 Wurran their. 



Makun 



us, 



Mekun 



you, 



Wurrun them. 



Maksiin 



by us, 



Miksun 



by you, 



Wurrunsun by them. 



Demonstrative. 



Interrogative. 





Yirg 



this, 



Singular. 

 Bur 



who. 



Ud he, she, it. 



Yenna 



of this, 



Bona 



whose, 





Yenk 

 Yenksun 



this, 

 by this, 



Bonk 

 Bonsun 

 Plural. 



whom, 

 by whonij 



Ten "I him, her, it, 

 Tane/ them. 



Yirg 



Yirran 



these, 

 of these, 



Burk 

 Boran 



who. 



of whom. 





Yirkun 



these, 



Bonk 



whom. 



Tunna his, hers, theirs. 



Yirrunsun by these 



, Bonsun 



by whom. 





Indefinites — Bore, some one, Bara, something 

 Singular — Bora, what ? Plural Barauk, what ? 









Verbs. 







Imperative, 

 Infinitive, 

 Present Part. 

 Past Part. 



Wunka 

 Wunkunna 

 Wunki 

 Wunktur 



speak, 

 to speak, 

 speaking, 

 spoken. 





Conjunctive Part. Wunksi 

 Present Tense. 



having spoken. 



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Nunna wunki, 

 Imma wunki, 

 Wur wunki, 

 Mar wunki, 

 Imar wunki, 

 Wurg wunki, 



I speak, 

 thou speakest. 

 he speaks, 

 we speak, 

 ye speak, 

 they speak. 



