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both the 1922 and 1935 lists are printed in booklet form and to [W?] Dixson there express my thanks and gratitude. The Lower Clarence dialect is entirely different to that spoken by the natives of Lismore and the Upper Richmond though the localities are only about seventy miles apart. [In?] that of the Clarence, on the average, the words appear to contain more syllables and are more difficult to spell and pronounce than those of the Richmond. Phonetic spelling has been adopted and most of the words have been divided into syllables so that the correct pronunciation may be more easily acquired.
In all cases where the letter "G", or "g", has been used it should be sounded hard as in "gun" or "begin".
For the softer sound "J" (j) is used.
On reading over the following lists the scarcity of one syllable aboriginal words will be found remarkable. There are only three [viz?] – "Nee" – "yes", "wahn" – "forehead", and "yall" the reptile known colloquially as "goanna".
Robert. L. Dawson Roseville, Sept 1935
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