.'300 Specimen of the Language of the Goonds. 



Imma bugga punne mati ? Ud it 

 You where found? She said 



Mowa surde awe sariinge ask muchiche mutta 

 On my road these six wives threw away ; 



Nunna techi urri watan, nowa pilan notita 

 / having taken brought, my whelps weaning. 



Pal yen lihthan unni hinda hunda bala buttir 

 Milk him suckled and here there with prey 



Nowa chowanun thetan sube jank pulliana 

 Mylyoung fed. All-understood, tigress' 



Kal kiirtur unni tane penk thaira kitur. 

 Feet embraced, and her a God established. 



Unni awe sarunge asknun aden pullian siturg. 

 And these six wives to this Tigress gave. 



Udneti tal Sing-Baban puttal atur 

 That day Sing-Baba illustrious became 



Unni pullial nude penk thairi mat 



And Tigress indeed as a God established became. 



Sandsumjee Babana id saka aud 

 Of Sandsumjee Baba this song is, 



Bhirri bans-Bhirri-ta saka aud. 



Of Bhirry bamboo-jungle Bhirri the song is. 



