Language gf the 
New Zealanders. 
Birds, 
Mannu, 
Mannu, 
Mannu. 
No, 
Kaoura, 
Kaoura, 
Oure. 
One, 
Tahai, 
Tahei. 
Thus, 
Rua, 
Rua. 
Three, 
Torou, 
Torou. 
Four, 
Ha, 
Hea. 
Five, 
Renia, 
Rema, 
Six, 
Ono, 
Ono. 
Seven, 
Etu, . 
Hetu. 
Eight, 
Warou, ■ 
AVarou, • 
Nine , 
Iva, 
rleva. 
Ten, 
Angahourou, 
Ahourou, 
The teeth. 
Henniliew, 
fleneaho. 
Nihio 
The wind. 
Mehow, 
Mattai. ■ 
A thief. 
Amcotoo, 
Teto. 
To examine, 
Ma take take. 
Mataitai. 
To fng. 
Eheara, 
Heiva. 
Bad, 
Kenoy 
Keno,/ 
Eno. 
Trees, ■ 
Eratou, 
Eratou, - 
E'raou. 
Grandfather, 
Toubouna, 
Toubouna, 
Toubouna. 
What do you 
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call this or J 
s Owy Terra, 
Owy Terra. 
that , j 
By this fpecimen, I think it appears to demonftration that 
the language of New Zealand and Otaheite is radically the 
faine. The language of the northern and fouthern parts of 
New Zealand differs chiefly in the pronunciation, as the fame 
Engliin word is pronounced gate in Middlefex, and geate in 
Yorkihire : and as the fouthern and northern words were no": 
written down by the fame perfon, one might poihbly ufe more 
letters to produce the fame found than the other. 
I mull alfo obferve, that it is the genius of the language, 
efpeciaily in the fouthern parts, to put fome article before a 
noun, as we do the cr a ; the articles ufed here were generally 
he or ho : it is alio common here to add the word oeid after an- 
other word, as an iteration, efpeciaily if it is an anfwer to a 
queftion : as we lay y si indeed, to befure, really , certainly ; this 
fometiroes led our gentlemen into the formation of words of an 
enormous length, judging by the ear only, without being able 
to refer each’ found into its fignilication. An example will 
make this perfectly undei flood. 
In the Bay of Ilianus there is a. remarkable one, called by 
the natives Matu- aro. One of our gentlemen having alked 
a native the name or it, he an.'yvered, with the particle, Ke- 
matuaro ; the gentleman hearing the found imperfectly, re- 
peated his queftion, and the Indian repeating his anfwer, ad- 
«Led octet, which • made the word Kmatverowia ; and thus it 
jl 3. . happened 
