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BATTA
Mandailing, or Southern.
BENGA.
(Gabun, West Africa.)
[**P3: There are two different types of inverted comma here: as glyphs, they
look like open and close single quotes. Using `and ' for these.]
Hangw' 'ahu a jad` o H[)e]v[)e]n, dina jâv[)e] i diyake hole. Ipangiya
jâv[)e] i vake. Upango muâv[)e] u hamake o he, ka m` u jad` oba.
V[)e]k[)e] hw[)e] o buhwa t[)e]kabo beja bea buhwa ka buhwa. Na, nâv[)e]
o ka iyakid[)e] hw[)e] mabe mahu panika hw[)e]-ho iyakid[)e] ba hak[)e] hw[)e]
bobe. 0 valakid[)e] hw[)e] o iy[)e]judw[)e], ndi v[)e]ng[)e]kid[)e] hw[)e] o bobe:
ikabojana ipangiya, na ngudi, n` ivenda be nd` ibeâv[)e]. Am[)e]n.
BENGALI.