38 , AN ACCOUNT OF THE WILD TRIBES 



lermiiialion, more Lliau in the words tlieoi- 

 selves » w iiicii are tlie same except a very 

 small inimber. The Malays sa) that the Ja- 

 kiHis speak a low Malayiiii laii(fiia[je; biit, 

 ill mv opinion, 1 would think on the con- 

 trary tliat they speak th(' purely Malayan , 

 willioiil any mixture of Iiidostaiiee or Ara- 

 bic : I will say nevertheless that lliose of 

 ihem who are much in conmiimication 

 vvitii Malays have admitted many words ol" 

 these two last languages and even some of 

 the Portuguese. They liave also adopted 

 several circumlocutions and expressions 

 used in the Malayan huiguage oi courtesy, 

 as for instance, in addressing, the terms 

 Abang. Kaka'; but 1 remarked that they 

 use such appellations and many other ex- 

 pressions of courtesy, received in Malay, 

 only when they are in tiie presence ol'Ma- 



' ^f, abang, tf eider hmlker.fl tslir, kaka^ r? elder 

 Bisler,* {111 expi'cssion nf [jolileness wlien speaking lo 

 some eifler pf^rsnrT. 



