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Excerpt from Giryama Vocabulary and Collections
I have been requested to write a Preface to this first attempt at a Vocabulary of an East Equatorial African language. It belongs to the great Bantu family, and is the vernacular of a tribe whose habitat is just to the north of Mombasa, about 39° East longitude and 3° South latitude, and entirely within the sphere of British in?uence. The Rev. W. E. Taylor, m.a., already favourably known for linguistic researches, has, as an agent of the Church Missionary Society, itinerated in their midst, and made use of his oppor tunities to make this contribution to science. It consists of a Vocabulary, preceded by remarks on the language, and with an Appendix of genuine language-specimens, accom panied by translations. The articles attached to some words are very full, and many local folk-lore and tribal subjects of interest are touched upon. On the whole it is a very credit able performance, and will no doubt lead on to translations of portions of the Holy Scriptures, and of religious and educational works.
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