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[ No. 46.]

GIPSY LANGUAGES.

NATI (BRIJBlSl).

SPECIMEN IX.

DISTRICT BAH&AIGH.

JEk
One

fcaii-ne
father-to

admi-re
man-of

kahio,
it-was-said,

ham-no dai-deo.*
me-to give? Then

TJji thor dous bits
And few days after

pardesan chalo

to-a-foreign-coitntry mated

nra-dlno.
was-tcasted.

dui chhora
two sons

*uho baii,
c O father*

Tabai u
he

chhi. TJ-mha-le nanhikfe chhora

were. Pkem-w-from by*mall *o*

dhan jaun hamaro hlsa chhe
property which my share ft

dhan u-tliai bat dinho.

property him-to hating-divided

nanhike
small

gayo,
went,

chhora
son

le-ko
having-tafa*

and there

jama-jathri
property

Spro mal-jal

own property debauchery-ia

The argot of the Nats of the Bhagalpur District is based on a mixture of Eastern
Hindi and Hindustani with some Bengali forms* It mil be sufficient to give the begin-
ning of a version of the Parable in illustration of this jargon.1

1 It H worth noting that the ordinary language of Bhagaipor i» Bihlri, a form of speech quite different from Hindi.—
. A. G.