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English 
house. 
Woloff 
hobe. 
Saraeol6 
compe. 
Sereres 
gonibindc. 
English 
bad. 
Woloff 
rnite. 
Fulah 
money. 
English 
husband. 
Woloff 
guiquere. 
Sereres 
okor. 
English 
sea. 
Woloff 
guaye. 
Fulah 
guaye. 
English 
world. 
Woloff 
nit. 
Fulah 
neddau. 
English 
mountain. 
Woloff 
tonde. 
Fulah. 
saundL 
English 
bone. 
Woloff 
yah. 
Sereres 
gouhiqw. 
Baguon 
govgoun. 
English 
you. 
Woloff 
yen. 
Fulah 
honon. 
English 
ear. 
Woloff 
nop. 
Sereres 
n^. 
Saracol6 
aindofo. 
Bagnon 
quintf. 
Feloop 
cakof. 
English 
rain. 
Woloff 
tan. 
Mandingo 
sangue. 
Fulah 
taugrnn. 
Saracole 
tahe<ahcne 
Bagnon 
din. 
English 
dsh. 
Woloff 
quin. 
Mandingo 
gni^. 
Feloop 
souhayine. 
English 
thou. 
Woloff 
yo. 
Sereres 
oua. 
Feloop 
hahou. 
English 
one. 
Woloff 
bm. 
Saracold 
bane. 
English 
belly. 
Woloff 
bir. 
Bagnon 
beddii. 
Feloop 
far. 
A third table of comparison is formed by Mrs. Kilham’s vocabularies ;M)'' 
here the WolofF has not only no particular affinities, but fewer miscellaneoui 
ones than any other language. 
The last remark to be made upon the Woloff language is the fact, that its 
grammatical structure exhibits the euphonic or aliiteral concord. The mew¬ 
ing of this statement, and its philological import, will be explained in the 
section on the CafTre language. 
If. The Manditiffo iMnyuagtti .—Along the greater part of the course of 
the Gambia ouc language is spoken, and that w-itli but few variations. It Is not 
certain that this language is alwa 3'8 the aboriginal language of the eouDtrj* 
but still it is the chief and leading language. The Mandingo is the tonpJ® 
in question, llettvcen the Gambia and the Senegal, the Mandingo is certainly* 
at some point or other, conterminous with the Woloff, and probably with th® 
Sereres as well. South of the Gambia, and on the sea-coast, the Feloop 
spoken; probably as far as the Hiver Cacheo. Behind the Fdoop county* 
however, we tind the Maiidingocs again; and, thirdly, we find tlieiu far south¬ 
ward, at the back of the Grain Coast. 
Now the most convenient point from which the distribution of this wio^ 
spread family can be studied, b that tract between the Gambia and tw 
Senegal which lies inland Ui the Woloff and Sereres areas; in other wordsi 
the eastern portion of Senegambia. Here— 
1. The Bambook language is Mandingo; mixed, however, according I® 
Golbery, with the Woloff and Fulah. 
1'he Medina language is Mandingo, and Mandingo of the standard kin®’ 
or Mandingii of the Lower Gambia. 
