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FEBRUARY, 1925 ] REMARKS ON THE ANDAMAN ISLANDERS AND THEIR COUNTRY
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"In Mr. Temple's writing, short a, e, i, o, u in open syllables were not distinguished from the long sounds, and the portion of stress was rarely marked. I adopted his short a ei ou and made the long of them a e, i, ā, ū. Then adopting his a, o I made them short and long sounds respectively a, ô, and thus got rid of the exclusively English aw." Thus arose the alphabet that until Mr. Brown wrote was the standard for writing Andamanese. With these remarks I now give Mr. Ellis's
Alphabet for writing the South Andaman Language. SIGN. ENGLISH
SOUTH ANDAMAN. (1) Oral Vowels and Diphthongs. .. idea, cut ..
.. ali aba, kind of tree. cur (with untrilled) .. bā, small : yaba, not. Ital. casa
.. ela kd, region. father
da-ke, don't (imperative). fathom
jaraua, name of a tribe. bed
.. imej, name of a tree. chaotic
.. pūédre, burn-did. pair
ë·la, pig-arrow. lid
ig-bd.dig-re, see-did. police
yd-di, turtle ; pid, hair. indolent
bói goli, European. pole
job, basket. pot
.. pòlis-ke, dwell-does. auful
ló go, wrist ; shoulder. influence
.. bukura, name of a tree. pool
.. pūd-re, burn-did. .. bite
dai - ke, understand does. house
chopau'a, narrow. rouse
chau, body. boil
bòi goli, European.
būd, hut. church
chak, ability ; mich alen, why :
"ruch, Ross Island. dip
daga, large gap
gõb, bamboo utensil
he, ho ! aweh, etcetera. judge
.. jā bag, bad; mej, name of a tree.
ká gal-ke, ascend-does..
log, navigable channel. man
... mügu, face. nun
nau-ke, walk-does; To pan, toad. Fr. gagner
rd, more. bring
ngi ji, kinsmen ; erke:dang ke,
in trees, search does. finger
.. ngd, then. pap
.. pid, hair.
rab, necklace of netting; rata,
wooden arrow. torrent
dita, sea-water, not found
not found
bed
hag
king
lap
rest
