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Specimen of the Language of the Goonds. [March, 



Future Indefinite. 



Singular. 

 Nunna wunkundan howe, 

 Imma wunkundi howe, 

 Wur wunkundur howe. 



Plural. 

 Mar wunkundir howe, 

 Wurg wunkundiirg howe, 



>• I shall be speaking. 



Second Example of a Verb. 



Jim, beat thou, jimpt, beat ye. 



Jiana, to beat. 



Jitur, beaten. 



Jia, beating. 



Jisi, having beaten. 



Nunna jia, I am beating. 



„ jindan, I was beating. 



„ jitan, I beat. 



„ jisi, I have beaten. 



„ jeka, I shall beat. 



„ Jindan howe, I shall be beating. 

 „ Jisi howe, I shall have beaten. 



The verbs seem to be conju- 

 gated alike, whether transitive or 

 intransitive, and to have no pas- 

 sive voice, nor is there anything 

 corresponding to the Hindusta- 

 ni particle ^i. No aorist tenses or 

 subjunctive mood. 



The Lord's Prayer. 



Mowa Dowial budrut purro muddar-warre ; Niwa purrol dhurmat-mal 

 Our Father heaven above inhabitant ; Thy name hallowed 



aie. Niwa rajpat waie. Niwar bichar ital budrit purro mundar atal 

 be. Thy kingdom come. Thy will as heaven above is, so 



durtit purro aud. Mowa pialda sarin neut mak punkiut : unde 

 earth on be. Our daily bread to-day to us give : and 



bahun mar upnun reina dherrum kisia-turrum, atal imma mak dherum 

 as we our debtors forgive, so thou to us trespasses 



kisiut, unde makun miwa jhara-jherti te niuni watnat unde burrotsun 

 forgive, and us into thy temptations do not throw, and from evil 



mak pisihat, barike niwa rajpat, mini niwa bul, unni niwa dhurmat 

 us deliver, for thy kingdom and thy power and thy glory 



mal sudda mund ital and. 

 established remain^ so he iim 



