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A grammar of the Malayan language, with an introduction and praxis..

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MALAYAN LANGUAGE. 25<br />

01' <strong>the</strong> Arabi<strong>an</strong> cipher 2, when used as <strong>an</strong> orthogra-<br />

phical mark, denotes that <strong>the</strong> word to which it is apphed, although<br />

written but once, must be doubled or repeated in <strong>the</strong> pronunciation.<br />

This expedient proceeds from <strong>the</strong> frequency <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se reduplications in<br />

forming certain indefinite plurals, superlatives, <strong>an</strong>d adverbs, <strong>an</strong>d in ex-<br />

pressing <strong>the</strong> continu<strong>an</strong>ce or repetition <strong>of</strong> action in verbs, as f

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