Henry Salt

Name: A voyage to Abyssinia — Appendix 1
Author: Henry Salt

A voyage to Abyssinia — Appendix 1 (1814)

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“A voyage to Abyssinia — Appendix 1”, published in 1814, is a work by Henry Salt. It explores elements such as Somauli, Makooa and Dialects.

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Henry Salt, A voyage to Abyssinia — Appendix 1 (1814)

“ I cannot help observing that the Somauli was delighted when he heard that the word "lug" corresponded so nearly with our own word "leg," both expressing the same thing. A still more copious vocabulary taken by Mr. Stuart is in the possession of the African Association, which generally agrees with mine, though he sometimes has put two words together, and frequently has added ka to the end of the last syllable, which expresses a peculiar kind of clapping with the tongue, which some of the natives use in pronouncing their language. ”

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Henry Salt, A voyage to Abyssinia — Appendix 1 (1814)

“ É and ú, are to be sounded like French letters; ch is invariably soft; a is meant to express, generally, the same sound as a in "hammer," and with the accent over it to be still broader; ō, to be sounded as oa in boat, and (') after either a consonant or vowel denotes a singular kind of catch in the sound peculiar to the natives of Africa.
The following words were given me by some sailors attached to an Arab boat, who called themselves Sowanli, which appears to be quite a distinct people from the Somauli. ”

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Henry Salt, A voyage to Abyssinia — Appendix 1 (1814)

“ In person they resemble the Makooa, being of the true negro race, black, stout, and ill-favoured. These men possessed no knowledge of the interior country or tribes, having early been engaged in a sea-faring life, but mentioned that to the south of them were found tribes of Galla. Their language appears scarcely to deserve the name of a distinct dialect, but is a kind of mixed jargon, nearly allied to the Monjou, spoken at the sea ports Mugadasho, Jubo, Lama, and Patta.
English.
Father,
Mother,
Son,
Thy brother,
Wife,
Husband,
Young girl,
A mountain,
Fire,
Water,
House,
Sowauli. ”

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Henry Salt, A voyage to Abyssinia — Appendix 1 (1814)

“ Vocabularies of the Dialects spoken by different tribes of the natives inhabiting the Coast of Africa, from Mosambique to the borders of Egypt, with a few others spoken in the Interior of that Continent.
Vocabularies of the Makooa and Monjou Languages.
English.
God,
Sun,
Moon,
Stars,
Earth,
A mountain,
A tree,
A house,
A road,
River,
Water,
Salt water,
Fish,
An ox,
A pig,
A dog,
An antelope,
An hyæna,
Elephants' teeth,
Flesh of animals,
A bird,
A pigeon,
A Guinea fowl,
A man,
A woman,
A chief,
A priest,
Father,
Mother,
A boy,
A girl,
Brother,
Makooa. ”

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Henry Salt, A voyage to Abyssinia — Appendix 1 (1814)

“ Sowauli.
Che mō jé.
Mab-be-re.
Ma-da too.
Mú ché che.
Má noo.
Fun já te.
Muk en deh.
Mun ná ne.
Ko-me.
Mo-je.
The Sowauli are sometimes called Sowaiel by their northern neighbours the Somauli; one of the latter, who said he knew but little of their language, gave me the few following words, which, though more corrupted, evidently form a part of the same language as the preceding.
English.
Water,
Meat,
Fire,
Milk,
Sowaiel. ”

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Henry Salt, A voyage to Abyssinia — Appendix 1 (1814)

“ Vocabularies of the Hurrur and Southern Galla Dialects, from Hadjee Abdelkuder, Hadjee Belal, and other natives; and of the Adaiel from Mr. Stuart's journal written during a residence at Zeyla.
English.
God,
The sun,
Moon,
A star,
Wind,
Rain,
Lightning,
Thunder,
Clouds,
Earth,
Mountains,
Iron,
Lead,
Gold,
Silver,
A stone,
Fire,
Smoke,
A tree,
A wood,
A plain,
Grass,
A flower,
A bee,
Honey,
Wheat,
Indian corn,
Barley,
Peas,
Food,
Water,
Bread,
Hurrur. ”

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Henry Salt, A voyage to Abyssinia — Appendix 1 (1814)

“ Short,
Long,
Rich,
Poor,
Dark,
A hole,
Deep,
Heavy,
Light.
Bitter,
Sweet,
Much,
Little,
Good, beautiful,
Ugly, bad,
Strong,
Weak,
Deaf,
Blind,
Dry,
Wet,
Hot,
Cold,
Red,
Amharic. ”

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Henry Salt, A voyage to Abyssinia — Appendix 1 (1814)

“ Vocabulary of the Somauli Language.
The following Vocabulary was received from Summutter, a Somauli; it was confirmed at separate times by several other intelligent persons belonging to the same nation.
English.
Father,
God,
Mother,
Brother,
Sister,
Son,
Somauli.
Ab-bai or Ilba á.
Il-lah.
O-yú.
Wel-lal.
Wel-la-she.
Weel.
English.
A man,
A woman,
Silver,
Gold,
Iron,
A house,
Somauli. ”

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Henry Salt, A voyage to Abyssinia — Appendix 1 (1814)

“ Im pum pes.
In ha ma.
English.
Sister,
Man's head,
Hair,
Ear,
Eyes,
Mouth,
To eat,
To drink,
To sit down,
To sleep,
To cut the throat,
He is dead,
Come,
Go away,
Let us go away,
Gently,
Mine,
Thine,
War,
A cannon,
Fire,
A bow,
Arrows,
A spear,
A musquet,
Bread,
Salt,
Sand,
White,
Black,
Red,
Yellow,
Green,
Good,
Makooa. ”

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Henry Salt, A voyage to Abyssinia — Appendix 1 (1814)

“ Gúm-ba.
English.
Camel,
Dog,
Agazen,
Rhinoceros,
Buffalo,
Locust, [8]
Bird,
Man,
Woman,
Son,
Girl,
A young woman,
Father,
Mother,
Brother,
Sister,
Grandmother,
Grandfather,
An old man,
Head,
Hair,
Eyes,
Nose,
Ears,
Mouth,
Lips, and beard,
Teeth,
Tongue,
Chin,
Arms,
Leg,
Breast,
Kidney,
Bowels,
Fingers,
Blood,
A day,
Night,
Morning,
Evening,
Houses of wood,
Hut,
Small,
Shangalla. ”

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Henry Salt, A voyage to Abyssinia — Appendix 1 (1814)

“ Stuart. ↑ The Takué call the Mareb river Amubba. ↑ A great quantity of this article is brought from hills called Sábun near Kordofan. ↑ My informant said they had seen "much snow" on the mountains of Samen. ↑ The Shangalla make a practice of eating the locust. ↑ Few of them know any thing of years, months, or division of time. ↑ Dal-la is the name of this tribe. Ku ná me lugga, their country near Walkayt over the Tacazze. ↑ It is singular to observe that this word is the same throughout the Hurrur, Arkeeko, and Dar Fúr dialects. ”

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Henry Salt, A voyage to Abyssinia — Appendix 1 (1814)

“ A few words of the Barea Language.
English.
A man,
A girl,
God,
Corn,
Fire,
Water,
Booza,
Barea.
Oo koo i.
Dung-goo-di.
Ib be ri.
El ba.
Shet-ta.
Um-ba.
A pha.
English.
Bread,
Drink,
Eat,
Come,
Camel,
Rain,
Barea.
Tuss.
Lug.
Kul.
Issue.
Cam-bero.
Ha la le.
Language of the Adareb and Bishareen tribes near Egypt.
English.
Man,
Woman,
Old man,
Boy,
Stone,
Hill,
Sun,
Stars,
Moon,
Earth,
Iron,
Gold,
Silver,
Spear,
Shield,
Sword,
Knife,
Cow,
Adareb and Bishareen. ”

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