THE THURRAWAL LANGUAGE. 155- 



Prepositions. — As in the Thurrawal dialect, prepositions may- 

 be either separate words, or consist of modifications of verbs to 

 give them a prepositional meaning. Several prepositions can be 

 inflected for number and person, thus: — 



f Willingaia, behind me (in the rear) 

 Singular l Willinganyi, behind thee 



( Willingawung, behind him. 



Adverbs. — These consist of independent words and modifications- 

 of adjectives and verbs. A few interrogatives are: Wanjan, how? 

 Wannambalang, how many? Ngundani, where art thou ? Ngundaba 

 where is it? Some adverbs can be inflected, as follows: 



/ Ngundinia, where go I 

 Singular | Ngundininyi, where goest thou 

 ' Ngundiniung, where goes he 



The dual and plural numbers are omitted in this and the pre- 

 ceding example for want of space. 



Conjunctions and interjections have their places in the language. 



Numerals. — Meddung, one ; Bulla, two ; Irran, a large number. 



The Dharruk Language. 

 The Dharruk speaking people adjoined the Thurrawal on the 

 north, extending along the coast to the Hawkesbury River, and 

 inland to what are now Windsor, Penrith, Campbelltown, and 

 intervening towns. A cursory outline of the Dharruk grammar,, 

 together with a short vobabulary of some of the most important 

 words in general use, may be of some value to comparative phil- 

 ology. This grammar and vocabulary have been compiled by me 

 from the lips of old natives acquainted with the language. 



Nouns. — Number — Nouns have the singular, dual, and plural 

 numbers : — Wirriga, an iguana; Wirrigabula, a couple of iguanas;. 

 Wirrigadyarralang, several iguanas. 



Gender. — Dhullai, a man • Dyin, a woman ; Wungar, a boy ;. 

 Durungaling, a girl. The gender of animals is denoted by an 

 additional word, kaual for the male, and wiring for the female, as. 

 Walaru kaual, a buck wallaroo; Walaru wiring, a doe wallaroo. 



