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________________ AUGUST, 1907.) RECORD OF THE LANGUAGES OF SAVAGES. 229 kôte kap kap kap gud ENGLISH BĒa. BALAWA. BOJIGYÂB. JŪWAI. KÓL. armpit awa ökar korting körteng kürteng eye dal dal kodak kôdag kodak eyebrow punyür punu bein beakain beakin forehead mügu mugu mike miko mike ear pūku puku bo bôko boko nose chôronga chôronga kôte kôte cheek ab koab arm gud kit kit kit breast kâm koam kôme kôme kôme spine gorob kategórob kinab kurup kurup leg chåg chag chok chok chok buttocks dama doamo tome tome tome anas tomur bang tomur kôlang Pulled to picces, Andamanese words of any Group of the Languages seem to be practically the same, but this fact is not apparent in actual speech, when they are given in full with their appropriate affixes, thus :ENGLI8H. BEA. BALAWA. BOJIqYÂB. JUWAI. KÔL. head otchētada ôtchekta otetada ôtotôlekile ôtetoiche knee ablõda ablo abluda alulekile oluche forehead igmūguda idmugu irmikeda remikelekile ermikeche Any one who has had practice in listening to a foreign and partially understood tongue knows how a small difference in pronunciation, or even in accentuation, will render unintelligible words philologically immediately recognisable on paper. kôlang III. - ETYMOLOGY. 8.- The Use of the Boots. As the Andamanese usually build up the full words of their sentences by the simple agglutination of affixes on to roots and stems, the word construction of their language would present no difficulties, were it not for one peculiarity, most interesting in itself and easy of general explanation, though difficult in the extreme to discover: experto crede. The Andamanese suffixes perform the ordinary functions of their kind in all agglutinative languages, and the peculiarity of the infixed l' occurring in compound words depends on the prefixes, It is the prefixes and their use that demand an extended examination. b. - Anthropomorphism colours the whole Linguistio System. To Andamanese instinct or feeling, words as original meanings, c.e., roots, divide themselves, roughly into Five Groups, denoting (1) mankind and parts of his body (nouns): (2) other natural objects (nouns): (3) ideas relating to objects (adjectives, verbs): (4) reference to objects (pronouns): (5) ideas relating to the ideas about objects (adverbs, connecting words, Proper Names). The instinct of the Andamanege next exhibits an intense anthropomorphism, as it leads them to differentiate the words in the First Group, i.e., those relating directly to themselves, from all others, by adding special prefixes through mere agglutination to their roots.
SR No.032528
Book TitleIndian Antiquary Vol 36
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorRichard Carnac Temple
PublisherSwati Publications
Publication Year1984
Total Pages430
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size15 MB
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