MANDINGO VOCABULAT^Y 
CHAPTER IL 
VOCABULARIES COLLECTED BY M. CAILLIE. 
Compared with those of MungoPark, Bowdich, Jackson, Denham, &c. 
1. 
ENGLISH AND MANDINGO VOCABULARY. 
N. B. These words are in use from Time to Jenne, as 
well as in the Western districts. 
NUMERALS* 
One, Kill (killin).t 
Two, Fila (foula). 
Three, Saba (sabba)* 
Four, Nani (naui). 
* Tlie numerals are the same as in Bambara, 
f I have added within parentheses the words given by Mungo Park 
to shew the frequent agreement between the two travellers, the diffe- 
rences arise from the diversity of the countries through which they tra- 
velled. 
It is to be regretted thattravellers, when collectingthe words of an un- 
known language, do not select peculiar and characteristic terms : it would 
be easier, by following this method of comparing the different idioms, 
to discover their family resemblance or their original dissimilarity. With 
this view, I have formed a rather extended specimen of a vocabulary 
principally for the use of travellers in Africa, with a methodic mode of 
interrogation (See Atlas Ethn. de M. Ad. Balhi, page xlviij* 
