THE YERUKALA LANGUAGE. 



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(2.) The plural terminations mar, ru, ga, gal, lu are 

 Tamil terminations or their modifications, the 

 first two being restricted to rational nouns as in 

 Tamil and the rest to irrational nouns. Mar is 

 suffixed to nouns, signifying relations, and is also 

 used as an honorific termination. 



(3.) The numerals ondu, &c, are for the most part 

 corruptions of Tamil words. 



(4.) The Yerukala pronouns bear resemblance to Tamil 

 and Canarese pronouns. 



(5.) Yerukala forms its infinitive by adding a to the 

 root and the verbal noun by adding tarn, too or 

 dam, &o to the infinitive, in which case it resem- 

 bles Telugu. 



(6.) The negative particles ilia, and alia, e>e> are 

 Tamil or Canarese words. 



(7.) As in Tamil the present and past tenses are formed 

 by adding ikkir, S{§k_£T or (kiru, and ta & 

 (da & &c.) respectively to the simple forms of 

 words. 



(8.) The future is formed by adding k to the root, and 

 this is sometimes found in old Tamil words. 



(9.) The demonstrative and interrogative pronouns adu 

 sfjafo, idu edu o)ab are Tamil words. 



Adjectives are formed by adding a, e either to the crude 

 forms, or the crude forms modified by doubling the final 

 consonant. 



In the Yerukala language there is no inflexion for gender. 

 The neuter noun which ends in stands for both masculine 

 and feminine. 



