k a language differing again from that.
_Specimen of the difference between the Arabic and Mandinga
language; the words of the latter extracted from the vocabularies
of Seedi Muhamed ben Amer Sudani._
ENGLISH. MANDINGA. ARABIC.
One Kalen Wahud
Two Fula Thanine
Three Seba Thalata
Four Nani Arba
Five Lulu Kumsa
Six Uruh Setta
Seven Urn'klu Sebba
Eight Saeae Timinia
Nine Kanuntee Taseud
Ten Dan Ashra
Eleven Dan kalen Ahud ash
Twelve Dan fula Atenashe
Thirteen Dan seba Teltashe
Nineteen Dankanartee Tasatasli
Twenty Mulu Ashreen
Thirty Mulu nintau Thalateen
Forty Mulu fula Arbae'in
Fifty Mulu fula neentan Kumseen
Sixty Mulu sebaa Setteen
Seventy Mulu sebaa nintan Sebae'in.
374 Eighty Mulu nani T'aramana'een
Ninety Mulu nani neentaan Tasa'een
One hundred Kemi Mia
One thousand Uli Elf
This Neen Hadda
That Waleem Hadduk
Great Bawa Kabeer
Little Nadeen Sereer
Handsome Nimawa Zin
Ugly Nuta Uksheen (k guttur.)
White Kie Bead
Black Feen Khal
Red Williamma Hummer
How do you do? Nimbana mcuntania Kif-enta
Well Kantee Ala-khere
Not well Moon kanti Murrede
What do you want Ala feta matume Ash-bright
Sit down Siduma Jils
Get up Ounilee Node
Sour Akkumula Hamd
Sweet Timiata Helluh
True Aituliala Hack
False Funiala Kadube
Good Abatee Miliah
Bad Minbat
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