106 SIDNEY H. RAY. 
INDEFINITE TENSE. Furure TEnsgE. 
Malekula (Aulua dialect). 
1. anu ne pen 1. anu ne pen bagcea 
2. egco u pen 2. egco u pen bagcea 
3. ‘ena ti pen 3. ‘ena ti pen bagcea 
Arag 
1. nam ban 1. nav ban 
2. gom ban 2. gov ban 
3. ma ban 3. vi ban 
Omba 
1. nom van 1. nain van 
2. gom van 2. gon van 
3. mo van 3. no van 
Maewo 
1. nau u ras 1. nan ras or nau ni ras 
2. niko u ras 2. gon ras or go ni ras 
3. ia u ras 3. In ras or la ni ras 
4. Prepositions :—These are common in the Northern languages 
and are often plainly seen to be nouns and verbs. They are very 
few in number in the South, where their place is usually supplied 
by verbal suffixes. These verbal suffixes are most extensively 
used in Efate. 
The following Table shows all the known languages and dialects 
of the New Hebrides. To it I add a Comparative Vocabulary 
with notes; for comparison the Vocabulary has corresponding 
words from the nearest Melanesian and Polynesian tongues. 
Throughout the Vocabulary, I have used the following Alphabet, 
and have transcribed all the words into it.* 
* [It is a pity that so many different systems of phonology have been 
used by the missionaries in writing the dialects of the New Hebrides. 
But, as the Scriptures in part have now been printed in many of these 
dialects, the evil is, I fear, past remedy. Hence, Mr. Ray’s labour here 
in transcribing his examples according to a uniform system is a service 
to philology.—J. F.] 
