On the aboriginal inhabitants of the Andaman Islands / by Edward Horace Man. With report of researches into the language of the South Andaman Islands by A. J. Ellis.

  • Man, Edward Horace.
Date:
[1932]
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Credit: On the aboriginal inhabitants of the Andaman Islands / by Edward Horace Man. With report of researches into the language of the South Andaman Islands by A. J. Ellis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    III. Prose Andamanese Version by Mr. Man. ngol kuk Varia'lagike mo’ro el’nia len kd’to igba’dignga hedig, md’ro el’ma Ira enyar len ighd’dignga hedig p6~t6g len tdg'itnike. IV. Literal Translation oi' Prose Version. thou heart-sad-art sky-surface to there looking while, sky-surface of ripple to looking while, bamboo spear on lean-dost. V. Free Translation of Prose Version. thou art sad at heart, gazing there at the sky’s surface, gazing at the ripple on the sky’s surface, leaning on the bamboo spear. The rhythm, as read by Mr. Man, was : The syllables marked - were of medial length. There were two short syllables at the end of the second and third lines. The three long syllables in the fourth line were very long and slow, each filling up a whole measure. Strange as some of the changes and omissions were, this is one of the least altered of the songs in Mr. Temple’s grammar. We must suppose the man to be standing before his companions after liberation from prison, gazing sadly at the sky again and resting on his bamboo spear, and then the action would make the words intelligible. An important question arises as to the durability of the