ox ETHNOGRAPHICAL PHILOLOGY. 165 
Eoglish. 
Sqsu. 
(2) 
Bullom. 
Timniani. 
dri^ 
ming 
moon. 
eat 
dong 
dyo 
dec. 
si\me 
tiseng 
cliissung 
tussiim. 
see 
to 
kyo 
he drunk 
seesee 
tees. 
speak 
fa! a 
fo’h 
fof. 
beat 
bomba 
boom 
blow 
fee 
fool 
fooroop. 
kelp 
malic 
mar 
mar. 
split 
bo 
'kbuoy. 
laugh 
iele 
shil. 
silent 
dund 
tunk. 
spit 
date 
too 
toof. 
leap 
tubang 
peng 
pee. 
Tfae statement as to the affinity between these tongnes ami the Susu was 
uiaile in Ehrmann’s Geschich/c dvr Reimi, vil. 94-, and gratuitously contra¬ 
dicted in the .\fithridates, iv. •iST- 
Again, among the Niger vocabularies we find the numerals of two lan¬ 
guages called Mendi and Vei. Now if the Vei be tiie language of a tract on 
the sea-coast, marked in Arrowsmith’s London Atlas as lying between the 
River Gallinas and Cape Mount, it brings the Mandingo dialects down to the 
northern boundary of the settlement of Liberia. Of tlic Mendi I only know 
that its numerals resemble the Vei. 
Euglish. 
Vei. 
Mendi. 
Mandingo. 
one 
don do 
eta 
kiling. 
tico 
filla 
filla 
Tula. 
three 
sakwa 
saiiwa 
sabi. 
fwr 
narii 
nani 
nani. 
five 
solu 
dolu,lolu 
lulu. 
six 
weta 
uora. 
ten 
tan 
pu 
tong. 
This is probably the southern limit of the Mandingo languages on the coast; 
skin to the Kru and Bassa being spoken to tlie south of Cape 
■^to the inland extension of the southern division of thG]\Tandingo dialects, 
nave nothing but fragmentary evidence. The Idmba and Koorauka coun- 
the west of the Timmariies, are stated to be Mandingo. A district 
Kissi lies south of Sulitnana, and west of the Koorankos. Of this 
guage we have two specimens— the numerals, as far as ten, and a voca- 
of Mrs. Kilbam’s. By reference to the Niger vocabularies it may be 
that the Kissi Is allied to the Bullom. 
nwifles the Kissi, the Kossa and Pessa are the names of two of Mrs. KiL 
“Ms glossaries. They are akin to each other, and akin to the other Man 
dingo dialects. 
EiifflUfi 
Kossa 
Pessa 
Mandingo 
Susu 
Banibarra 
eye. 
J^nglish 
fish. 
ntjami. 
Kossa 
niei. 
uaike. 
Pessa 
nge. 
nuia. 
Mandingo 
nue. 
niia. 
Susu 
ich-eh. 
nye. 
Pambarra 
nyegey. 
