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No. I.

Vocabularies of the Makooa and Monjou Languages.

English.

God, Sun, Moon, Stars, Earth, A mountain, A tree, A house, A road, River, Water, Salt water, Fish, An ox, A pig, A dog, An antelope, An hyæna, Elephants' teeth, Flesh of animals, A bird, A pigeon, A Guinea fowl, A man, A woman, A chief, A priest, Father, Mother, A boy, A girl, Brother,

Makooa.

Wherimb. E-zoo-ah. Má-re. Tau d'wa. E-la-poo. Ma-go. It tu-va. E nú ba. E pe ro. Oo re-ah. Ma ze. Maze paréah. O'pah. E-no-bé. Co-lú-a. Ma-la po-ah. Na-zo-ro. Ke-zoom ba. Mur-fin. Ená ma. Noo-ne. A koo-tah. Kan-ga. Mo loo mé. Mat te á na. Pe-wah. Mo ku lu ka na. Te-te. Má-má. Bee-sho. - Mo roo ko.

Monjou.

Moloongo. D'yoova. Mooei ze. To u'n du wa. Mooze. Matoom-be. Mere. A um-ba. E tal la. -- Mé-ze. Méze en jeate. Sōm bah. Ne yá te. Le gul-loo ve. Oom pú ah. Jepa-lah. De tu no. Itté poo. Ne-ya-ma. Noo-ne. E' goon dah. - Ma lop wa nah. Mé kōn qué. Musch-e-nwá-ne. A me za in ga. At te-a-te. A má vo. Ma na-che. Mis cha na. Alloombo.

Native Dialect, from Dos Santos.

Molungo. Matuvi. Im pum pes. In ha ma.