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Future Tense. 



~. , j I will beat presently, Bumulluttha 

 binguiar ; j win beat tomorroWj Bumulngetha 

 1st reison ( j win beat gome time ^ Bumulngurritha 



Adverbs. 

 Yuka, no. Pika, yes. Wanda, where ? Certain adverbs, 

 nouns and prepositions of the Yualeai, Pikumbil, and 

 Kawambarai, are subject to inflexion for number and per- 

 son, in the same manner as in the Wongaibon. 



Numerals. 

 Dharrar, one. Buta, two. 



3. — The Kawambarai Language. 

 This dialect of the Kamilaroi language is spoken on the 

 Barwon River about Bogabilla, Boobera, and Tulloona, 

 Nev South Wales. The Pikumbil people adjoin the Ka- 

 wambarai on the north-west, and the Yukumbil 1 on the 

 south-east. The Kamilaroi tribes meet them on the south. 



'Nouns. 

 The number, gender and cases of the nouns are so nearly 

 identical with the Kamilaroi, that they will be omitted. 



Adjectives. 

 Adjectives are inflected for number and case like the 

 nouns with which they are used. 



Pronouns. 

 As the pronouns resemble the Yualeai, an example of the 

 nominative case only is given : 



j 1st Person I, Ngaia 



Singular l 2nd ,, Thou, Ngindu 



( 3rd „ He, Nguru 



1st Person I We ' incL ' Ngulli 



isi r-eison } W e, excl., Ngullinguru 



Dual 2nd „ You, Nginclale 



I 3rd ,, They, Ngurngale 



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1 See my "Yookumbil Language," Queensland Geographical Journal, 

 Vol. vii., pp. 63 - 67. 



J— Sept. 3, 1902. 



