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SOUTH COAST OF THE CRIMEA. 
CI vi P ' the midst of all the noise they made, although 
v 1 reading himself with the utmost effort of his 
lungs. In the south of the Crimea, the remains of 
v (S tige S of the Genoese language are not quite extinct. Now 
ese Lan- and then an expression escapes even the lips of 
guage. a 'f a / ltar> evidently derived from that people. 
During their long residence in the Crimea , the 
Genoese not only introduced many of their own 
terms to the native language of the Peninsula, 
but they also incorporated many Tahtar and 
Greek expressions with the Italian; and these 
are still used by the inhabitants of Genoa. We 
collected several examples of this nature, and 
Professor Pallas added to the list. As he has 
already alluded to the subject in his late work 
it will be unnecessary to mention more than 
two or three instances. In the Tahtar language, 
hardasch signifies a ‘brother’ or a ‘ dear friend 
and the word cardascia is now used with 
the same interpretation at Genoa; macrame, a 
‘ towel,’ in Tahtar, is macrami in Genoese ; 
l-arba, ‘ uncle,’ in Tahtar, is exactly so pro- 
nounced, and with the same signification, in 
Genoa , Again; mangia , ‘ to eat,’ among the 
Genoese, is also mangia with the Tahlars; savun, 
‘ soap,’ is sahun in the Crimea ; fortunna, a ‘ sea- 
storm,’ fortunu ; with many other examples 
(I) Travels, vol. 11. p. 357. 
