or no affinity to any other. The Ffil&h' are nearly fden&e&l
with those belonging to the idiom iof the Felatah in the: in?
terior of Afriea. The Mandingo, the Jallunkhn or Jallonka,
the Sokko, and the Sfisu evidently belong- to one, system of
numeration:| the idioms of the four last mentioned nationsiare
more or less connected with the Mandingo, with which they
probably form one family of languages. Kissi, the Timmant>
the Bullom and the Krd, appear to be all peculiar and totally
unlike any other language. The Ashanti, Fanti, Amina,
Akripon, and Akkim, are varieties of one form: they exemplify
the relation between the dialects of the Inta race. The
Whidah and Papah are dialects of the race of Foy, behind
the Slave Coast. The Ibo, Binin, and Moko, are the idioms
of nations further eastward: they appear to be related among
themselves.*
Some further specimens of the same languages will be
found in a table at the end of the fifth chapter.
* These specimens are chiefly taken from Oldendorp’s Geschichte der Mission
der Evangelischen Brader; and some of them from Mrs. Kilhan/s Specimens of
African Languages.
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