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et the consonants _f, l_, and _r_, and _v_. Its primitive pronouns might be retained, with simple inflections, instead of compound, for plural. It would be necessary to invent a pronoun for _she_, as there is, apparently, nothing of this kind in the language. The pronouns might take the following form:-- Ni, _I_. Nid, _We_. Niwin, _Myself_. Niwind, _Ourselves_. Ki, _Thou_. Kid, _Ye_ or _you_. Kiwin, _Thyself_. Kiwind, _Yourselves_. Wi, _He_. Wid, _They_. Masculine. Wiwin, _Yourselves_. (Mas.) Wiwind. Si, _She_. Sid, _They_. Feminine. Siwin, _Yourselves_. (Fem.) Siwind. DECLENSION OF PRONOUNS. Ni, Nin, Nee--_I, Mine, Me_. Nid, Nida, Nidim--_We, Us, Ours_. Ki, Kin, Kee--_Thou, Thine, Thee_. Kid, Kida, Kidim--_Ye, You, Yours. _ Wi, Win, Wee--_Him, His, His_. Wid, Wida, Widim--_They, Their_, _Theirs_. (Mas.) Si, Sin, See--_Her, Hers, Hers_. Sid, Sida, Sidim--_They, Their, Theirs_. (Fem.) The full meaning of the present class of verbs and substantives of the language could be advantageously transferred to the first, or second, or third syllable of the words, converting them into monosyllables. The plural might be uniformly made in _d_, following a vowel, and if a word terminate in a consonant, then in _ad_. So the class of plural terminations would be _ad, ed, id, od, ud_. Many generic nouns would require to be invented, and could easily be drawn from existing roots. In the orthography of these, the initial consonant of the corresponding English word might serve as an index, Thus, from the word _aindum_, mind, might be derived, Ain, _Mind_. Sain, _Sorrow_. Tain, _Thought_. Jain, _Joy_, &c. Main, _Meditation_. So from _taibwawin_, truth, might be drawn _taib_, truth--_faib_, faith--_raib_, religion--_vaib_, virtue. A principle of euphony, or affinity of syllabication, might be applied in the abbreviation of a few of this class of generic words: as _Eo_, God, from _monedo_. THE ORDINARY NOUNS WOULD RUN THUS:-- In, _Man_. Ind, _Men_. Ee, _Woman_. Eed, _Women_. Ab, _Child_. Abad, _Children_. Kwi, _Boy_. Kwid, _Boys_. Kwa, _Girl_. Kwad, _Girls_. Os, _Father_. Osad, _Fathers_. Gai, _Mother_. Gaid, _Mothers_. All the existing monosyllables of the language would be retained, but subjected to new laws of construction and concordance. Thus the plural of _Koan_, snow, would be _koanad; of ais_, shell, _aisad; moaz, moas, moazad_, &c. Variety in the production of sounds, and of proper c
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