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C. The Adampi, Tambi, and Tembu Languages .—Apparently these r 
tlie names of one and the same language. Nevertheless the Tambi and TemU 
vocabularies diiFer. 
English. 
Tembu. 
Tambn. 
shg 
so 
giom. 
sun 
wis 
pum. 
moon 
igodi 
horamb. 
man 
iraa 
nyummu. 
ibalu 
numero. 
woman 
alo 
in. 
head 
kuyuoo 
ii. 
foot 
navorree 
nandi. 
one 
kudduni 
kaki. 
two 
noalee 
ennu. 
three 
nodoso 
ettee. 
Now the Tembu vocabulary has some very definite coincidences ^ 
of Mrs. Kilham’s vocabularies, Ijitherto unplaced, called the Kotiri. Proba f 
the two glossaries i*eprosent the same language. 
EugUsb. 
Tembu. 
Kouri. 
sun 
wis 
uosi. 
man 
ibalu 
abalu. 
woman 
alo 
alu. 
07ie 
kudduin 
kotum. 
tlt)0 
noalee 
nalcc. 
three 
nodoso 
natisu. 
are 
Miiu iiHjso or tne iamuu,i. e. —4, nanee-, z, 
The names for 7 nan and ivomnn arc difiTerent. The names fov/aifi^ 
mother are nearly alike. TJio Tambu is one of Oldeudorp’s vocahulari^ 
is, doubtless, tlie ^me aa Bowdich’s Acltimpi. It is contermtnoos win* 
Acra. According to Bowdich it is radically different from that 
the numerals being bon-oued. As BowillclTs opinion rests on the colu» 
of only seven words, it is unsatisfactory. , . 
In Balbi s Atlas the Tjemba is mentioned as tlic Tjemba or Kctfsenti- 
geography and nomenclature of these vocabularies reejuire revision. 
17ie Languages of Jhihomeg . — The fragmentary vocabularies foun° ^ 
Mithridates under the titles of Vudah, Watye, Atye, Adah, and Wawu 
sentall that was known in 1812 of the languages of Dahomey. Our preso* 
data are proportionably scanty. 
1. 'The Popo vocabulary of Mrs. Kllham represents a Dahomey 
2. The I'ot vocabulary of Mrx. Kilham represents a Dabomej' dialect 
3. The Kerrapay numerals of Bowdich approach the Popo nomer&ii 
Mrs. Kilham. The Crepee of the Mithridates is the Kerrapay. . 
4, 5, 6,7, 8. The Barlaggrj-, Dagwhuinba, Mosee, Iowa, and 
numerals of Bowdich are allied to each other, and to the Kerrapay. ^ 
9. The Ardrah of M‘Lcod, Vovage to Africa, See. London, 
From Dahomey to Daiin—f/te Yebu counirg. — The Ydnt, Aho, ^ 
Jlio, Yoruba, or Yurrilta The languages of this tract, 
the coast and inland, are at present wclUknow’n ; the whole of the 
been collected since tlic publication of the Mithridates. The Yanibagr® 
mar of Crowtber, atid an elaborate paper on both the Geography and Pn 
logy of the country in question by Monsieur D’Avezac 
