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Prepositions. 

 The comprehensive inflections in every part of speech 

 tend to diminish the use of prepositions, which are not 

 numerous. Several prepositions admit of inflection, as in 

 the following example. 



( 1st Person Behind me, Walmengek 



Singular \ 2nd ,, Behind thee, Walmengin 



(3rd ,, Behind him, Waimenguk 



Dual 1st Person { Behind us, Incl Walmengul 



( Behind us, excl.,Walmengulluk 



Trial 1st Person i Behind us, incl Walmengangurrakullik 



( Behind us, excl., Walmengandakullik 



Plural 1 «t Ppr . on / Behind us, incl., Walmengangurrak 

 i-iurai ist rersonj Behind us? excl .,Walmengandak 



The other persons are omitted to save space. 



Conjunctions. 

 A short word ba, or its euphonic variants, bam, ma, etc., 

 appears to serve the purpose of "or," "and," or "because," 

 according to the context. 



Interjections and Exclamations. 

 These are not numerous. Halt thou, tyarrigi ! Halt 

 you (dual), tyarrigiwal ! Halt you (trial), tyarriyuatkullik! 

 Halt you (plural), tyarriyuat ! Take care, ngatwurri ! 

 Cease, kurungai ! Exclamation of surprise, yukkai ! 



Numerals. 

 One, kaiiip. Two, bulaty. 



Tyapwurru and Wuddyawurru Dialects. 



When travelling on the Hopkins River a few years ago, 

 I met a couple of old aborigines, one of whom was a native 

 of that river, and spoke Tyapwurru, whilst the other man 

 hailed from Ballarat district, and spoke Wuddyawurru. On 

 my taking a considerable number of notes of their dialects, 



