NATIVE LANGUAGES. 
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traders), with Minchi or Munchi (Mitsi) inhabitants, Duchi- 
n-Dikku (a place situated between two mountains), the 
town Gedimmir, and the town A'yirku-n-girke. 
Kororofa does not appear to be the native name either of 
the country or of the tribe ; but I cannot exactly say whe- 
ther it only originates with the Hausa traders, and whether 
the name Djuku, or Juku, applies to the whole nation or 
only to a portion of it. Babai, or Baibai, I think is not the 
original native name of the people, but only an appellation 
given them by the Hausa traders. There are certainly several 
different dialects prevailing in the country, since that of 
which I wrote down some hundred words from the mouth of 
the Koana or Kwana A'bbade, a native of the village Bu- 
manda, appears to have very little, if any, relation to the 
Tiwi of Koelle, or the Mitsi of Crowther, or to any other 
mentioned by them ; but it must be borne in mind that the 
gentlemen composing the expedition seem not to have collected 
any specimens whatever of the Djuku, which they themselves 
state to be the language of Kororofa, and I feel satisfied that 
the dialect spoken by the Kwana differs but little from that 
of the people of Wukari. The Kwana (called Konawa by 
the Hausa people), at least those of Jtiggum, have the curious 
and disgusting custom of forming an artificial ulcer behind 
the ear, which in Waday is the distinguishing mark of 
valour. They wear white and black shirts, and have horses 
and cattle. They cultivate various species of Negro corn, 
and have many large trees. This same informant of mine, 
A'bbade, named to me the following divisions of the Koro- 
rofa, which I give here as an imperfect notice, hoping that it 
may lead succeeding travellers to further inquiries and to 
clearer information : the Agawi, Jimmolo, Churibolo (the 
second syllable is not clear in my manuscript journal), Ba- 
shikkari, Jemsali, Bakawelino, Kewe, Ndau, Binderi, Jau- 
feni. 
Having given what little information I have been able to 
gather with regard to that interesting region on the river 
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