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bunnarak. I don't know, ngai. Perhaps, yotadyin. Where 

 waga ? Where abouts, wannhul ? Whither, wannhalmuty ? 

 Whence, wunyin ? How, wannhalum? When, wummir? 

 There, nhullai ; there, farther, dungubbera ; there, farther 

 still, ngnngabunnarak. Yonder, dhumnala. 



Numerals. 

 One, iawa. Two, biiltyobal. 



See the vocabulary of Yota-yota words at the end of 

 this article. 



9 — The Bureba Language. 

 This native tongue is spoken on both sides of the Murray 

 River, from Swan Hill upwards till met by the Wamba- 

 wamba, Giani-giani, Yabula-yabula and Yota-yota. Below 

 Swan Hill, and extending right down the Murray to Went- 

 worth, are several small tribes, such as the Watti-watti, 

 Latyu-latyu, Muti-muti, Nyerri-nyerri, Darti-darti, and 

 some others. Towards the north-east these tribes are 

 met by the Birraba-birraba and Itha-itha communities, 

 whose languages have been described by me elsewhere. 

 All these triplets speak dialects having the same constitu- 

 tion as the Bureba, bearing also strong affinities to the 

 Tyattyalla, but they differ more or less among themselves 

 in vocabulary. Considerations of space will preclude more 

 than a cursory outline of the chief elements of the language. 

 The social organisation and " man-making " ceremonies of 

 all the above mentioned tribes are described by me in an 

 article to this Society in 1898. 1 



Nouns. 

 The number and gender of nouns are on the same principle 

 as those of the Tyattyalla. 2 Although the dual is generally 



1 "The Group Divisions or Initiation Ceremonies of the Barkunjee 

 Tribes," Journ. Roy. Soc. N.S. Wales, Vol. xxxn., pp. 240 - 250 with map. 



2 " The Aboriginal Languages of Victoria," Journ. Roy, Soc. N.S. Wales 

 Vol. xxxvi., pp. 71 - 106. 



