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feems not yet to have been afcertained. The Kaffers call them- 
felves KouJJiey which word is pronounced by the Hottentots 
with a ftrong palatial ftroke of the tongue on the firft fyllable. 
I know not if the Kaflfer language bears any analogy to the 
Arabic ; but their word diaiig for the fun has an oriental found 
for expreffing the fame idea. The following brief fpecimen of 
the Kaffer 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, expreffes the 
dental, and the circumflex the palatial, adion 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. 
Wat^r, 
Amaanzee, 
Kam. 
Thunder, 
Ezoolo, 
hoonoo. 
Lightning, 
Leaw Ezoolo, 
hoonoo-ei. 
Wind, 
Oomoi, 
qiia. 
Rain, 
Imphoola, 
Tookai. 
The Sea, 
Ooloanje, 
hurroo. 
A Man, 
Abaantoo, 
Quaina. 
A Woman, 
Omfaas, 
(!)uai(ha. 
An Ox, 
Incabai, 
Mnoo. 
A Dog, 
Eenja, 
Toona. 
F F 2 To-day, 
