Me Sinjomahi Me Huatha I have been Tu Sinjalahi Tu Huatha Thou hast been Job Sinja Uweh Huatha He hath been
Men Sinjamahi Hum Huathe We have been Tume Sinjanahi Tum Huathe Ye have been Jole Sinje Jnne Huathe They have been
Gipsey. Hindostan. English. Me Owa Me Huga I shall be Du Oweha Tu Huga Thou shalt be Job Ula Uweh Huga He shall be
Men Owaha Hum Huge We shall be Tume Una Tum Huge Ye shall be Jole Owena Jnne Huge They shall be
Me Kerel Me Kurrta I make Tu Kerech Tu Kurrta Thou makest Job Kerel Uweh Kurrta He maketh
Scho Kerjem Hum Kurrte We make Tumen Kerjen Tum Kurrte Ye make Ou Kerde Jnne Kurrte They make
Me Kerjom Me Kurrtatha I did make Tu Kerjel Tu Kurrtatha Thou didst make O Kerje Uweh Kurrtatha He did make
Scho Kerjom Hum Kurrtathe We did make Tumen Kerjen Tum Kurrtathe Ye did make On Kerde Jnne Kurrtathe They did make
The comparison thus far will, it is presumed, be sufficient to convince every person of the truth of the position, that the Gipsey language is really that of Hindostan. Let the reader look over the catalogue once more, and it will appear, on the average, that every third Gipsey word is likewise an Hindostan one; or still more, out of thirty Gipsey words, eleven or twelve are constantly of Hindostan. This agreement is uncommonly great: it must at the same time be remembered, that the words above communicated have been learned from the Gipseys within a few years; consequently, at a time when they had been nearly four complete centuries away from Hindostan, their native country (as we may now assert it to be), among people who spoke languages totally different, and in which the Gipseys themselves conversed. Under the constant, and so long continued, influx of these languages, their own must necessarily have suffered great alteration; more especially as they are a people entirely ignorant, without either writing or literature. One foreign word after another must have crept into their language; consequently, by the frequent use of such words, the Gipsey word of the same signification was more rarely used, and by degrees lost from their recollection: by which circumstance the original composition of their language became completely deranged; { 190} which is the reason why, as any person may convince himself by inspection, various languages and idioms—Turkish, Grecian, Latin, Wallachian, Hungarian, Sclavonian, German, and others—make part of the foregoing vocabulary. The word _rome_, _man_, is Coptic; with, perhaps, a few more. It does not appear that there is so much Persian in the Gipsey language, as has been generally imagined; and even what there is of it they may have brought with them from their native country, as many Persian words are current in Hindostan.