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to familiarize the boys with dialects other than their own and might gradually lead to the adoption of a common dialect.

(b) When in one dialect two words are used for the same meaning, while one only is used in another, in translating books into the former care should be taken to employ the word which is common to both.

(3) For consideration of the applicability of the Orthography Memorandum the Committee agreed to split up mto two groups, i.e. Nuer and Dinka.

Reports of the two groups follow :—

REPORT OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON NUER.

Rev. Fr. CRAZZOLARA. Rev. W. J. ADAIR. Miss R. HurrmMan. The differences in dialect are practically negligible at the present time.

We approve the use of th, dh, and nh, instead of the diacritical marks for use in Nuer, the final inter-dental ¢ and d sounds always to be written th.

For practical purposes the majority of the Committee prefer the q, but for the sake of harmony are willmg to accept the character y.

ce shall include all ch and sh sounds. In cases where it is necessary, the vowels shall be doubled to indicate the long sound of same.

We would ordinarily leave the vowels unmarked, but agree to use the 6, also the symbols of the open e and o as we find them necessary.

The Nuer alphabet includes the following :— b, d, k, 1, m, n, p, t, w, with their recognized values as in English.

g, hard value as in “ get”. j,as in “jet”. r, strongly trilled. y, as in “‘yet”’. y ny th dh nh y or g.

cas ch and sh. a

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