BY SIDNEY H. RAY. 
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COMPARATIVE VOCABULARIES OF BORNEO DIALECTS. 
1. Introduction, 
The following lists are designed to show what has been 
recorded of the various dialects of Borneo. The larger 
number were collected by myself In Sarawak in 1899, and 
a great many others were written for Dr. Meyer, through 
the mediation of Mr. J. C. Moulton, by Officers of the 
Sarawak Government. In order to make the lists as 
complete as possible, other vocabularies have been added 
from printed sources, especially in the dialects of British 
North Borneo and Netherlands Borneo. In the latter 
territory the Manyan list is from a MS. by the Rev. H. 
Sundermann, of the Rhenish Missionary Society. Early 
vocabularies of Quop, by Rev. F. W. Nichols; of Maloh, by 
Heer van Yeldthuysen; and of Muka Milano, by Mr. 
Bettington, have also been referred to ; as well as those 
written for me in Singhi, by the Rev. A. Reijffert; in Quop, 
by the Rev. C. Ah Luk; In Siduan, by Mr. J. G. Chynoweth ; 
and in Bisaya, by Mr. W. R. Barry-Giffard. I have also 
added words from the Sihong, Manyan, and Beta transla¬ 
tions. 
In cases where my vocabularies contained the same 
words as those of the Sarawak Officers I have preferred to 
give my own version, but in cases of difference I have given 
both renderings. Where authorities agree, the word is not, 
as a rule, entered more than once. Difference of authority 
is indicated by means of brackets, as in the following 
list 
2. List of Languages and Authorities. 
a. First Series. 
Mi lano 
Bintulu ......... MS., S. H. R., 201 (MS., H.L. Owen, 234) 
[H. B. Low in Ling Roth, 182] .* 
Matu ... MS., H, S. B. Johnson, 245 [H. B. Low 
in Ling Roth, 182]. 
Bruit ............ H. Keppel, 30. In the text said to come 
from Tanjong Sink. 
Oya ............... MS., A. E, Lawrence, 249. 
Muka ............ MS., S. H. R., 201 (MS., A. E. Lawrence, 
249) [0. de Orespigny, 113]. 
Narom... MS., S. H. R., 200 (MS., R. S. Douglas, 
206) [0. Hose, 170]. 
* Where the name of the authority is marked by bracket or asterisk, the 
word given by that authority is marked in the Vocabulary in the same way. 
