nthropos," II. 1907,
pp. 1009-1015) are:--

Singular. Plural. Dual.

lst Person, _nai_, _na_. _nanei_, _nane_. _nonei_, _none_.
2nd Person, _nui_, _nu_. _nunei_, _nune_ _nuvei_, _nuve_.
3rd Person, _omei_, _ome_. _otei_, _ote_. _olei_(?).

The Possessives are:--

Singular. Plural. Dual.

lst Person, _ne_, _neve_. _nane_,_nanene_. _none_.

2nd Person, _ni_, _nie_. _nune_. _nuvene_.

3rd Person, _ote_, _otene_. _otene_. _olene_.

The Interrogatives are: _te_? who? _te_? _teile_? what
thing? _te_? _tue_? which?

The Numerals, according to Father Egidi, are, _kone_, one;
_atolo_(_ai_), two; _atoloai-laina_, three; _talele_, _memene_, many;
_konekone_, few.

S. H. R.]

CHAPTER III

Note on the Kovio Language.

By Dr. W. M. Strong.

Substantially the same language is spoken in the whole of the
neighbourhood of Mount Yule. I have travelled all around this
mountain and the same interpreter was able to make himself understood
everywhere. The vocabulary recorded below was collected by means
of the Motuan from a native of Lopiko in the Inava valley. I have
also collected short vocabularies from the village of Inavarene in
the same valley, and from the Kwoifa district of the upper part of
the Lakekamu river. These vocabularies show close similarities with
that of Lopiko. The natives around the Pic Eleia also speak much the
same language.

The vocabulary of the language bears no resemblance to any other
language I am acquainted with. It is peculiar in that a word often ends
in a consonant preceded by a short vowel. There is also an unusual
consonant sound in the language. This sound seems to vary between a
"ch" and a "tch" sound.

The pronouns are as follows;--

First person: _na_.
Second person: _ni_.
Third person: _pi_.

These were obtained without much difficulty as well as the
corresponding possessives _nemai_, _nimai_, and _pimai_; but plurals
could not be obtained. Possibly the above are both singular and
plural. The possessive precedes the noun, _e.g._, _nemai tupumagi_,
my house. [129] A binary system of counting is shown in the following
numerals:--

One: _uniuni_.
Two: _karaala_.
Three: _naralavievi napuevi_.
Four: _narala