_beard_ katissendi kambissek incambesser, _M._
_arms_ limak pongliman, _M._
_bananas_ ounn tachouner, _M._
_belly_ balang bala.
_fish_ siss hissou.
_fire_ bia eef.
_forehead_ poussou nourou posson arong.
_buttocks_ kambali kabalik
_back_ ptarou tarouk
_eye_ matal matak _M._
_ear_ pala tignai pralenhek
_foot_ pekendi balankeki kekeign.
_finger_ lima oulimak cateling liman.
_hair_ epiou iouk _M._
_iron_ siner siner
_neck_ kindouroua kondarouak
_nose_ mboussou kamboussouk nisson.
_shoulder_ kamliman kamlima
_tooth_ ninissai insik ysangh, _M._
_water_ moloum maloum _M._
_moon_ calaug kalan.
For the affinities of the dialects of Moa, Moses Island, Cocos Island,
Hoorn Island, to those of New Ireland, see Dalrymple's Island Voyages,
_ad fin._ That the differences in Manicolo are those of dialect, may be
seen from Gaimard's Vocabulary.
_Australia._--That the Australian languages are one, at least in
the way that the Indo-European languages are one, is likely from
hence-forward to be admitted. Captain Grey's statement upon the subject
is to be found in his work upon Australia. His special proof of the
unity of the Australian language is amongst the imprinted papers of the
Geographical Society. The opinions of Threlkeld and Teichelmann go the
same way. The author's own statements are as follows:--
(1.) For the whole round of the coast there is, generally speaking,
no vocabulary of sufficient length that, in some word or other, does
not coincide with the vocabulary of the nearest point, the language
of which is known to us. If it fail to do this it agrees with some of
the remoter dialects. Flinder's Carpentarian, compared with the two
vocabularies of the Endeavour River, has seventeen words in common. Of
these, three (perhaps) four coincide. Eye, _meal_, C.; _meul_, E. R.:
hair, _marra_, C.; _morye_, E. R.: fingers, _mingel_, C.; _mungal bah_,
E. R.: breast, _gummur_, C.: _coyor_, E. R.
_Endeavour River._--Two vocabularies.--Compared with the vocabularies
generally of Port Jackson, and the parts south and east of Port
Jackson:--Eye, _meul_, E. R.; _milla_, L. C.: nose, _emurda_, E. R.;
_morro_, L. C.: ears, _mulkah_, E. R.; _moko_, P. Macquarie: hair,
_morye_, E. R.; _mundah_, B. B.: breast, _coyor_, E. R.; _kowul_, P.
J.: fingers, _mungal bah_, E. R.; _maranga_, B. B.: elbow, _yeerwe_, E.
R.; _yongra_, Menero Downs: nails, _kotke_, E. R.; _karungun?_ P. J.:
beard, _wollar_, E. R.; _wato_, Jervis's Bay; _wollak_, Port Maquarie.
The number of words submitted to comparison was twenty-two.
Menero Downs (Lhotsky), and Adelaide (G. W. Earl).--Thirteen words in
common, whereof two coincide.
_hand_ morangan, M. D. murra, Adel.
_tongue_ talang, taling.
Adelaide (G. W. Earl) and Gulf St. Vincent (Astrolabe).
_beard_ mutta, A. molda, G. S. V.
_ear_ iri, ioure,
_foot_ tinna, tenna,
_hair_ yuka, iouka,
_hand_ murrah, malla,
_leg_ irako, ierko,
_nose_ mula, mudla,
_teeth_ tial, ta.
Gulf St. Vincent (Astrolabe) and King George's Sound (Nind and
Astrolabe); fifty words in common.
_wood_ kalla, G. S. V. kokol, K. G. S.
_mouth_ ta, taa,
_hair_ iouka, tchao,
_neck_ mannouolt, wolt,
_finger_ malla, mal,
_water_ kawe, kepe,
_tongue_ talein, talen,
_foot_ tenna, tchen,
_stone_ poure, pore,
_laugh_ kanghin, kaoner.
(2.) The vocabularies of distant points coincide; out of sixty words in
common we have eight coincident.