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neighbourhood of Mombasa. In person they resemble the Makooa, being of the true negro race, black, stout, and ill-favoured. These men possessed no knowledge of the interior country or tribes, having early been engaged in a sea-faring life, but mentioned that to the south of them were found tribes of Galla. Their language appears scarcely to deserve the name of a distinct dialect, but is a kind of mixed jargon, nearly allied to the Monjou, spoken at the sea ports Mugadasho, Jubo, Lama, and Patta.

English.

Father,
Mother,
Son,
Thy brother,
Wife,
Husband,
Young girl,
A mountain,
Fire,
Water,
House,

Sowauli.

Babbe-akoo.
A-ma-vo.
Ma-to to
Dugghe a-koo.
Má na moo ke.
Am bo ya.
Se ja na.
Ma-toom bé.
Mo-to.
Mo ye.
Ne yum bá ne.

English.

One,
Two,
Three,
Four,
Five,
Six,
Seven,
Eight,
Nine,
Ten,

Sowauli.

Che mō jé.
Mab-be-re.
Ma-da too.
Mú ché che.
Má noo.
Fun já te.
Muk en deh.
Mun ná ne.
Ko-me.
Mo-je.

The Sowauli are sometimes called Sowaiel by their northern neighbours the Somauli; one of the latter, who said he knew but little of their language, gave me the few following words, which, though more corrupted, evidently form a part of the same language as the preceding.

English.

Water,
Meat,
Fire,
Milk,

Sowaiel.

Mi.
Yamo.
Mut to meh.
Mus see wa.

English.

Sleep,
Butter,
Victuals,

Sowaiel.

Kul-la-le.
Sim mel le.
Mut ta ma.

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Vocabulary of the Somauli Language.

The following Vocabulary was received from Summutter, a Somauli; it was confirmed at separate times by several other intelligent persons belonging to the same nation.

English.

Father,
God,
Mother,
Brother,
Sister,
Son,

Somauli.

Ab-bai or Ilba á.
Il-lah.
O-yú.
Wel-lal.
Wel-la-she.
Weel.

English.

A man,
A woman,
Silver,
Gold,
Iron,
A house,

Somauli.

Ningha.
Naak-ta.
Laag.
Dāb.
Bir.
Goo-re.