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feems not yet to have been afcertained. The KafFers call them- 
felves Koiijfie^ which word is pronounced by the Hottentots 
with a ftrong palatial ftroke of the tongue on the firft fyllable. 
I know not if the KafFer language bears any analogy to the 
Arabic ; but their word diatig for the fun has an oriental found 
for expreffing the fame idea. The follov^^ing brief fpecimen of 
the KafTer language, with the fynonimous words in that of the 
Hottentots', may ferve to ihew how little refemblance they 
bear to each other. The hyphen, in the latter, exprefles the 
dental, and the circumflex the palatial, adlion of the tongue on 
thofe fyllables over which they are placed. 
KAFFER. 
HOTTENTOT. 
The fun. 
Eliang, 
Surrie. 
The moon, 
Inyango, 
ka. 
The ftars. 
Imquemqueis, 
Koro. 
The earth, 
Umclabo, 
K60. 
Air or light, 
Amaphoo, 
Kom. 
Fire, 
Leaw, 
Ei. 
Water, 
Amaanzee, 
Kam. 
Thunder, 
Ezoolo, 
hoonoo. 
Lightning, 
Leaw Ezoolo, 
hoonoo- ci. 
Wind, 
Oomoi, 
qiia. 
Rain, 
Imphoola, 
Todkai. 
The Sea, 
Ooloanje, 
hurroo. 
A Man, 
Abaantoo, 
(^aina. 
A Woman, 
Omfaas, 
C^ailha. 
An Ox, 
Incabai, 
Mnoo. 
A Dog, 
Ecnja, 
Toona. 
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