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THE INDIAN ANTIQUART.
[AUGUBT, 3899.
(7) A (R.).
he Kotak (8.).
then (9) Anko (P. R.) – kodak (8.) - chine (8. Q.).
fire-make -did.
KOL.. (1) Pat (R.) — ke (8. Q.).
sleep - was Kaulotat (8.) - ke (8.Q.). (male-name) - WAS T O ose the current grammatical terminology, this is a most interesting instance of a verbal termination to a noun. At (R.). fire Kek (R.) - An (8. Q.). take - did Lin (R.).
by.
L' (P. F.) - a (P. B.) - ohol (R.) - an (S. Q.). (he). L' (P. F.) - ir (P. R.) - bil (R.) - an (S. Q.). (it)
out-wen -t (8) L' (P. F.) - ir (P. R.) - pin (R.). (he)
charcoal-(getting) (9) L' (P. F.) - ir (P. R.) - dauk (R.) - an (S. Q.). (he)
break
- did K' (P. F. or P. R:) - irim (P. R.) - kardak (8.) - a (S. Q.).
fire-make - did (11) N' (P. F.) - (R.).
(plu. ref. pref.) - he = they N' (P. F.) - otam (P. R.) – tepur (9.) – an (8. Q.). (they) - - kindle -d
Cf. n'ote-tepar--an, they kindle-d. (13) At (R.) — ke (8. F.).
fire - by (14) Pauroich (S.) - in (8. F.).
village - in (15) L' (P. F.) - oko (P. R.) - kandak (8.) - an (8. Q.).
- fire-make - did. Now the above mode of verbal analysis shows how few of the possible parts of speech' these Tribes require to use in order to express the ideas contained in a complete narration, how very simple is the mental mechanism employed, how extremely limited the development of the ideas when started. It shows that we are, in fact, dealing here with gavage languages. Here, then, is another measure of the “Universal Theory" 88 & working hypothesis.
(To be continued.)
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