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former having the ll, and the latter the ch, sounded as in Welsh. 
The Tucano and Tariana are spoken by adjoining tribes on the 
Uanpes_, who often intermarry, yet they have not a word in 
common, and differ remarkably in the character of the pro- 
nunciation. The last two languages in the list are spoken in 
villages not 'twenty miles apart. 
In order to elucidate in some degree the grammatical forms 
of these languages, I subjoin a few idioms in the Lingoa Geral, 
which probably much resembles the rest in this respect. 
Change of the initial consonant. 
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Eggs Supia. 
Eowls’ eggs Sapucaia rupia. 
Alligators’ eggs Jacare rupia. 
Different forms used by male and female. 
The father says — 
My son Seraira. 
My daughter Seraira cunha. 
The mother says — 
My son Sen bira. 
My daughter Sen bira cunha. 
Form of the genitive case. 
This is the white man’s knife . Coa cariwa kise. 
This a white knife Coa kise murutinga. 
Form of the superlative. 
Pretty Puranga. 
Very pretty . . . . . . . Purangarete. 
Canoe Igara. 
Good canoe, large canoe . . . Igarite. 
Composition of words. 
Small stream Igarape (literally “ path of the 
canoe ”). 
Dog lauara. 
Jaguar (great or real dog) . . lauarite. 
