250 R. H. MATHEWS. 
With an objective pronominal affix we get: 
(Someone) spoke to me, Kéinnifi. 
The remaining parts of the verb are, with slight differ- 
ences, the same as in the Tyeddyuwurru language, reported 
by me elsewhere. 
Some prepositions and adverbs can be inflected for person 
and number as in my “ Thoorga Language.’” 
THE NUNDATYALLI DIALECT. 
The country in which this tongue is used is situated north 
of the Bungandity-speaking people, and extends northerly 
towards Horsham. The grammatical constitution resem- 
bles partly the Bungandity and partly the Tyattyalli. 
The nouns, prepositions, adverbs, etc., in addition to the 
verbs and pronouns, take inflection for petses and number, 
as in my “ Tharumba Language.’” 
NOUNS. 
Druah, a man. Druahaga bopop dakin, a man a child 
beat. Druahagaty gattimgattimuk, a man’s boomerang. 
The other parts of speech are omitted for the present. 
Some Victorian dialects are named after the word tyalli, 
meaning ‘‘tongue,’’ which the people have recognized as 
the source of speech. Nundatyalli, Buibatyalli, Tyattyalli, 
are examples of languages which have received their names 
in this way. In Gippsland certain dialects are designated 
by means of their word dhang, “ talk,”’ or “‘ speech,”’ with 
a qualitative adjective, thus,—Dhang-mak, great or wide 
speech; Dhang-gwai, rough speech, and so on. In the 
south-western districts of Victoria, some of the dialects 
are distinguished by the aboriginal equivalent of our second 
personal pronoun. For example, the Dhahurtwurru is also 
called Ngutuk, “‘thou,’’ by neighbouring tribes. Other 
1 Queensland Geographical Journal, Vol. xvi1., 49-61. 
? Thid., Vol. xvuir., pp. 58-61. 
