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as a demonstrative, and is then another substitute for the 

 definite article. 



1 — The Yualeai Language. 

 The natives speaking this language are located upon a 

 tract of country in southern Queensland, including the 

 Bokhara. Birrie, Narran, Ballonne and Moonie Rivers, and 

 extend some distance within the New South Wales frontier, 

 where they are met by the Kamilaroi nation. The Yualeai 

 have the same initiation ceremonies as the Kamilaroi, con- 

 sisting of the Bora and its impressive rites, which have 

 been fully described by me in several scientific journals. 1 

 The social organization among the Yualeai is also the same 

 as that of their Kamilaroi neighbours. The people are 

 segregated into four divisions called Murri, Kubbi, Ippai 

 and Kumbo, which intermarry in conformity with prescribed 

 regulations. Details of this organisation have been given 

 by me in various publications. 2 



Mr. E. M. Ourr, published vocabularies of some dialects 

 in this part of the country in his work. 3 No author has, 

 however, hitherto attempted to promulgate the grammar 



of the language. 



Nouns. 



Nouns have number, gender and case. 



Number. — There are three numbers, the singular, dual, 

 and plural. Wan, a crow ; wangali, a couple of crows ; 

 wanburala, several or many crows. 



Gender. — In the human family gender is distinguished 

 by using different words : — Ure, a man ; inar, a woman. 

 Men collectively are called den. Birralidyul, a youth ; 



1 "The Bora or Initiation Ceremonies of the Kamilaroi Tribe," Journ. 

 Anthrop. Inst., Vol. xxiv., pp. 411 - 417; Vol. xxv., pp. 318 - 339. 



2 " The Kamilaroi Class System, etc.," Proc. Roy. Geog. Soc, Queens- 

 land, Vol. x., pp. 18 - 34. " Divisions of Australian Tribes," Proc. Amer. 

 Philos. Soc, Philadelphia, Vol. xxxvu., pp. 152 - 154. 



3 "The Australian Race," Vol. in., pp. 258-268. 



