In Afric’s Forest and Jungle 
words by modifying the Roman alphabet and 
also by giving the Roman rather than the Eng¬ 
lish sound to some of the letters. For instance 
Ejahyay is written Ijaye; Awyaw, Oyo; Og- 
bomishaw, Ogbomiso; Ebaddan, Ibadan; Ejay- 
boo, Ijabu; ekkaw, eko; and so on. The ex¬ 
pression, “ Be kawlaw bah koo, adieh ko soo- 
koon” would be written “ Bi kolo ba ku adie ko 
sukun.” This was a wise expedient to reduce 
the size of the Bible. 
The language is very rich in salutations, there 
being one for almost every conceivable occasion, 
special words being added to the common term 
Ahu. As the language is made up largely of 
vowel sounds, these salutations, especially in the 
mouths of women and children, are very mu¬ 
sical, for they often prolonged euphonious 
sounds in a way very pleasing to the ear. 
This abundance of salutations in the language 
is only the enforced expression of their persistent 
adherence to all spoken forms of politeness. 
Even strangers rarely pass each other without 
exchanging salutations. When the rank of each 
is known, the superior usually salutes first, and 
when the disparity of the position is great, the 
inferior usually prostrates. When they are of 
the same rank they bow low and use the same 
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