human
Fiote, a term used by old travellers to denote a black man as opposed to Mundele (white), and also applied to things, as Bondefiote or black baft. James Barbot (p. 512) gives specimens of some thirty-three words and the numerals in the
gpt
Angoy language, spoken at Cabinde, which proves to be that of the River. Of these many are erroneous: for instance,
human
to sleep (ku-núa);
gpt
a hen (nsusu): while
human
scarlet;
gpt
baize; and
human
tobacco, are corrupted Portuguese. A young lad,
gpt
(moleque), Father Merolla's
human
for which Douville prefers
gpt
(masc.) and
human
(fem.), is applied only to a slave, and in this sense it has extended west of the Atlantic. In the numerals,
gpt
(2) should be
human
gpt
(4)
human
and
gpt
(9)
human
We may remark the pentenary system of the Windward Coast and the Gaboon negroes; e.g., 6 is
gpt
(
human
and
gpt
1 + 5), and 7 is
human
(
gpt
and
human
) and so forth, whilst
gpt
Vocabidaire de la Langue Mogialoua, et des deux dialectcs principaux Abunda (Angolan) et Congo (Fiote); it is also very incorrect. The best is that published in Appendix No. I. to the Congo Expedition, under the name of
human
Embomma; we may quote the author's final remark:
gpt
This vocabulary I do not consider to be free from mistakes which I cannot now find time to discover. All the objects of the senses are, however, correct. M. Parrot showed me a MS. left at Banana Point by a French medical officer, but little could be said in its praise. Monteiro and Gamitto (pp. 479-480) give seventeen
human
Conguez words, and the Congo numerals as opposed to the
gpt
Bundo.
human
ignoring the fact that the most complicated and laborious tongues are those of barbarous nations, whilst modern civilization in variably labours to simplify. It is copious; every place, tree, shrub, or plant used by the people has its proper name; it is harmonious and pleasing, abounding in vowels and liquids, destitute of gutturals, and sparing in aspirates and other harsh consonants. At the same time, like the rest of the family, it is clumsy and unwieldy, whilst immense prolixity and frequent repetition must develope the finer shades of meaning. Its peculiarity is a greater resemblance to the Zanzibarian Kisawahili than any tongue known to me on the Western Coast: often a question asked by the guide, as
gpt
Njia hápá? (Is this the road?) and
human
Jina lako nani? (What's your name?) was perfectly intelligible to me.The latter is a fair specimen of the peculiar euphony which I have noticed in
gpt
Zanzibar (vol. i. chap. x.). We should expect
human
Jina jako,