684
JLANSüA-Gî.
; s ro U T H A M E R I C A.;'- jg
The bahgiiag'l;of t£e wiling people inrPdFU-iwas called the Qnichua,
and it is ftilf cultivated by the Spaniffi clergy, as indifpenfable in- the
converfion o f the natives. The founds b, d, f , g, r, are wanting; .but
- when the Spanijh ‘grammariahs 'add the x and » , they-forget that' their
own I is an b , or J b , and their z j s equally expreffed-by f. ‘ The grammar
of this language, and-it isi faid even that of the Tehuels, is nearly
as variefgated'antF artificial - as the Greek, whence oun wonder at the ie-
"flnement of the Sanfcrit may perhaps fuffer confiderable -abate’mehi.'WVs
fpecimens bf »celebrated dialed- of the Incas, are v-ery rare,'a.few
fihall be. here fele&ed»* *'
*. H ug
’ 2 : Yfcay ;
j.- • .Qjfipga'..
. f y , | Tahua jj ,
^ CliUrapi picheca
<T : ’ " ' ' ||
7 | | . ; Ganchis
8. . _ Pusasr
q , '■ -''Ytooii ":y
' ]o ■ Cfcftttca'
- Bachac.
5 Huaranca
Ricra ’
jernca’
Vic$a -
- Huampu
- Huanny, Pitini I
Alleo.
Upfem
Rinri
Micuur
Nani. ■
Challhua ’
6haqut-
Cocho
JflCV .-;
IOOO ^
' The arm.
Beard \ .
Belly
Canoe .
To d"te-
A dog
To drink
The care
To eat
■ The eye
AJ&,. j.
A foot ,
A friend .
• Great.
A hatchet | ‘ ■‘- A v r ^ * ' (
i
2:he head T -w Mhra.P'-u.
Ahbg~ '* 'c l îe ï î 1-'- -
1 Ahhufe i ■ i f iq ï lW i%rè's
. Land.
r Lwte . * %
- A man* îh
■ *The rnooa*- . : / .Q # la - 1
‘ Mouth ■ -
N o jiy 1
i Sea
Suti^ ƒ
Water1- - > ' Uhffy ÿaCU^l-f U
■ Woman - Huarmi -
. Thefe are ebofén t6 côWmpôîïcr witwnSr.'
Fbrftfer’s' Lifi which is alphabetical, and fan
from being well.fele&ed. Some others'f^jlpw.
t River - ' Mâyù
Mountain* 1 Puna,, acha,. -
Lake Cocha
eneral del Peru, llatnada Qjuichtya. Los Keyes
hid to have been, a new language eftablilhed by
■ I H
* Rrom the Arte y Vocabularioen la lenj
{Lima I 1614, izino. pen. out. The Qhjch!
the In i« . The total-abolition of any words held ominous by the lavages m b., America 1
!nW ekcnmftance in the hiftory of language. See Dobnzhoffer^n. 1 I t » alfo Angular-tb
found ml as M an Teems only known in Africa and America . Hnmbo dt o b h „ e8 that t f l
gUge of the Carib. is general-in lat. ,0°, that o f the Manhtans toward, the equator.
;t|e
that the lan-
* C o d a fignifies a lake, and m am a, is mother.. F a th e r
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Rather | É | j.vAYïya-1 Î 4M , e a ' ij L anguage.
..h* -p.yMama.U L g M o r . r ^ »
$$an&1 _ : ' Maqui ®
||ä Ll?Oij$y*'‘- y %eUay
.Brother £ ; Huauquey
■ ■ a ■
tCoUqiSc''.
Fire l i i f S f t s
H _J^aM jffit Ä . Many, fires ,
'S x **Änh> ' tS’^ow’
• M iÄ%iSy ' ' ' ÂlôM V-'î 1 'J ’Rjlfthi '^ '
S Ay cha , Ansmeraldi., . Umina -, |
* 1 A m m J r mounira^n IJiriu,
The longue -5 ' ' 1 •T? '1*
r;i
Beauty Ci^awv,«
'y ia VL \ C^ilqilL ,
rThescfcief eitie&'Jn ■ Sipanifh.jS'ant-fi Ar^erfoavare# -Lima-jthe ■ mgtr.p’boLi!^ -Cities;
Hu^fios-Ayres? ,-and<B0gpta.A. Lima was, founds .by I^r^^ h o , cabled
it- th^.£jtfdadtd;e Lqs Reyes# probatdyfp.fccauf^fhe^foiindatipmjWas. kid-
on-the 6th January,(the feftival;pf tlpje t-h^eje^^gs«., J&i^^ppafcd.to '
ctiptain 54.$©fi>q, inhabitants,|lifde ■ aboye..a_,1;hird. part, ofh^y.f3,o|[&khi-&|i ■
of Mexico^. The fitnation JMih, a Tnleafflnf, fods fpaciaiis W p
fnsfflfriver.' 'The great fquare contains the v.icdf^gs^mkce...and ^the *'■ -
cathedral., Theffe'eep are generally paved, and..enlivened wit^KI^yV,
ctoyi^fffl,£flro|h.it|^fH^r4 vh}#^e 'kopfss IpjStylmi account off the •
frequent earthquakes. The chauphes atiif converts» are Inch. an£bndm&-
rdti§‘';^ and' there is an uniyef(fitiyycf;fome reput^mettr.; bRaih i-s;>jfe19d>fn
or never* fees, the clouds4beipg.$ttra£fced by th&fu-mmits of the Andes.
The m-oft-dreadful earthquake-feems to have been that o f 1747 j when -
the port ofrCallaowas totally.fubm.&rged, and o f TpiKfthbuland ihhabi-, <
tants..only. two'htodred efcapedi.^sn'i
Buenos-Ayres iivas'founded in f 535,’ receiving its-name from the fa-'
lubrity of the air. „The population is fuppofad to^be'about 3 3 It
* Tjhey want B, -D, F, 'Gi, R, X , ’Z .'y e t *he*R is here;,_ lis .pi;5nqMced-r -
It i f ‘declined by afcering'ith.e' terminations,'as Ruria a man, Runap ol?amah, '
tec. The verbs have alfo hioods and'vori|u^tfti6a8,Pth.e!>fernBiatw|s, mmetimes exlfndih^fto
great length. Cr
* .Cuzco is nearly equal, jn Aze to Lima-, and moftbf thjrnomps Ste neafTy nuilt offEone. It ■
was the ancient capital of the Peruvian monarchy:,’' See -Ufloa, liv. via c„ xiit ;
6 ; 1 r i 1 is