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DISSERTATION. cxlv<br />

isl<strong>and</strong>s, or at least <strong>of</strong> a <strong>language</strong> <strong>of</strong> one isl<strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> numerous<br />

Languages islets wLich coustitute this extensive group lying in<br />

Nor<strong>the</strong>rn about <strong>the</strong> 5° <strong>of</strong> north latitude. The natives <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Carolines are represented to be <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Malay</strong>an race,<br />

although this is far from being certain.<br />

According to M. Gaimard's orthography, <strong>the</strong> vowels <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Caroline are <strong>the</strong> usual five, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> consonants d, f, g, h, k, 1,<br />

m, ng, n, p, r, s, t, v, w, y, <strong>and</strong> z, making 17. It wants <strong>the</strong><br />

aspirate ; <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> presence <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> letters f, v, <strong>and</strong> z, shows that<br />

<strong>the</strong> <strong>language</strong> does not belong to <strong>the</strong> more cultivated tongues <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> <strong>Malay</strong>an Archipelago, nor to <strong>the</strong> Polynesian. The vocabulary<br />

given by INI. Gaimard consists <strong>of</strong> 411 words, among<br />

which, inclusive <strong>of</strong> numerals, I can detect no more than 8<br />

Avhich are ^<strong>Malay</strong>an. These are <strong>the</strong> following :<br />

CAROLINE.<br />

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