48 Observations on the [No. 37, 



elder sister, takka, Tam. ; to sit, uddille, Tarn.; small chuddo?', Tel. ; 

 soil, tari, Tam.; son, marri, pi. mark, Tam.; song, pata, Tam.; to 

 sow, vitilli, Tam.; a son, (noun) paddi, Tam.; panri, to stand, nil- 

 tille, Tam. ; steal, kalla, Tam.; sun, din, Tam., day; take, yena, 

 yetalle, Tam.; a tear, koner, Tam. ; thence, there, adv. hagotal,hoga, 

 Tel. ; tiger, pulli, Tam. ; to-day, nend, Tam. ; inru, to-morrow, nari, 

 Tam. ; tooth, pal, pi. palk, Tam. ; tree, marra, Tam. ; vomit, kakha, 

 Tam.; water, ir, Tam. ; who? bor, Tamil, arru ; wrench, pira, Tel, ; 

 yes, hao, Tam. and Tel. ; young of animal, pilal, Tam. ; there, haga, 

 Tel. ; hither, thither, hike, hoki iga, here, between Tamil and Telugu ; 

 mga, now, undi undi, one by one, Tam. 



In the foregoing words it is not to be understood that the similari- 

 ty is perfect, but so strong as to be easily identified. Various Ger- 

 man writers, and Professor Bopp the latest I believe, have shown 

 great skill in detecting relations of words: the comparisons I have given 

 are rather close relations. 



I now place in parallel columns two or three sentences from the 

 beginning of a translation into Gondi. 



Of certain man two Arroru manusha- 

 sons there were : the nucu irru makkal un- 

 younger son to his fa- du, chinna maken 

 ther said— O father dathavodu urraitan. O 

 of your riches what- datha ! unathu dannat- 

 ever may be my share til evvalluvo enacu 

 that to me give, and vara vendum, avvalla- 

 he his portion made. vu enacu i : avarum 

 Two or three days af- tanacu pakang kodut- 

 ter the younger son of tar. Eendu munru di- 

 his share gathering nacu pinpu iliya mak- 

 having made, to a dis- en tanathu pakam ar- 

 tant country he went, ruppu pol serttu, mar- 

 and there in riotous ru desattucu ponan ; 

 living his wealth ex- angeyum letchiana ka- 

 hausted. mattil tan dannattai 



keduttan. 



Some Hindee words are introduced to the Gondi, the Tamil has 

 most of them : could the Telugu pronouns be introduced the resem- 



Borre manrdsana 

 iruwur mark mattur,* 

 eh ud' door marri da- 

 dan wanktur. E dadi 

 niwa dhante jo nawa 

 wato mandar so nak 

 sim : ane wor tanwa 

 wato kisitor. Rend 

 munddm pijya chud- 

 dor marri tanwa wato 

 arpa kisi lakh deshte 

 hattur, ane luckche 

 kamte tanna dhan 

 dube kitor. 



* The Tamil has a verb like this in colloquial use, but malum, mdldthu, it will, 

 icill not, be possible, are only in use, and that not in books. 



