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 The Tungkwun dialect of Cantonese.

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In a previous number of the China Review, Mr. Dyer Ball has an article on the Tungkwun dialect as spoken at Sheklúng. Mr. Ball does not pretend to an intimate acquaintance with this dialect and only aims at giving It is not surprising then to find many mistakes and omissions; but why is the syllabary marred by including a score of syllables, which should be impossible according to Mr. Ball's own exposition of the phonetic laws which rule the dialect? The Sheklung dialect (which does not however differ much from other Tungkwun dialects) is not spoken over any large extent of country. It reaches along the S. Bank of the E. River eight miles W. to Wongching and three miles E. to In-wo (the first village of Shekkong höng): on the N. Bank it covers the 十四屬 14 belonging to Tungkwun, with the exception of Wattàu, (which speaks Pok-lo). Along the river leading to the District-city, it reaches three miles on the N. Bank to Shek-kit, and