Language 'at Paince’s Island. 
They all fpeak the Malay language, though they have alang- 
uage of their own, different both from the Malay and the Javanefe. 
Their own language they call Ca/ta Gunung , the language of 
the mountains; and they fay that it is fpoken upon the moun- 
tains of Java, whence their tribe originally migrated, firft to 
New Bay, and then to their prefent ftation, being driven from 
their ftrft fettlement by tygers, which they found too'numerous 
to fubdue. I have already obferved, that feveral languages are 
fpoken by the native Javanefe, in different parts of their ifland ; 
but when I fay that the language of thefe people is different 
from the Javanefe, I mean that it is different from the language 
which is fpoken at Samarang, a place that is diftant only one 
day’s journey from the refidence of the emperor of Java. The 
following is a lift of correfponding words in the languages of 
Prince’s Ifland, Java, and Malacca. 
Englifh. 
Prince’s Ifland. 
Javanefe. 
Malay. 
A man 
Jalma 
OongLanang 
Oran Lacki Lacki. 
A woman 
Becang 
Oon Wadong 
Parampuan. 
A child 
Oroculatacke 
Lari 
Anack. 
The head 
Holo 
Undafs 
Capalla. 
The noj'e 
Erung 
Erung 
Edung. 
The eyes 
Mata 
Moto 
Mata. 
The ears 
Chole 
Cuping 
Cuping. 
The teeth 
Cutock 
Untu 
Ghigi. 
The Belly 
Beatung 
Wuttong 
Prot. 
The Backjide Serit 
Celit 
Pan tat. 
The thigh 
Pimping 
Poopoo 
Paha. 
The knee 
Hullootoor 
Duncul 
Lon tour. 
The leg 
Metis 
Sickil 
Kauki. 
A nail 
Cucu 
Cucu 
Cucu. 
A hand 
Langan 
Tangan 
Tangan. 
A finger 
Ramo Langan 
Jari 
Jaring. 
In this fpecimen of the languages of places fo near to each 
other, the names of different parts of the body are chofen, 
becaufe they are ealily obtained from people whofe language is 
utterly unknown, and becaufe they are more likely to be part 
of the original ftamen of the language, than any other, as 
types of the firft objects to which they would give names. It is 
very remarkable that the Malay, the Javanefe, and the Prince’s 
Ifland language, have words, which, if not exaflly fimilar to 
the correfponding words in the language of the iflands in the 
South Seas, are manifeftly derived from the fame fource, as will 
appear from the following table; 
Englilh. South Sea. Malay. Javanefe. Prince’s Ifland. 
An eye Matta Mata Moto Mata. 
j Vo eat Maa Macan Mangan 
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