Communication on the language, manners, and customs of the Berbers or Brebers of Africa, in a series of letters to P.S. Duponceau, read before the Amer. phil. soc. and publ. in the new ser. of their transactions1824 |
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Adrar affinity Aith Algiers Aman Amharic Ammon Ampsaga ancient antiquity appears appellation Arabic words Argaz Berber etymologies Berber language Berber word Biscaries Boojeiah called Champollion Coptic denominated derived desert dialects district Edhrarin Egypt Egyptian Enkentsee etymology feminine Fezzan forms Ghadames give grammatical Greek guage Hebrew Herodotus Hoest Hornemann idiom ikra IMPERATIVE MOOD inhabit Jewish Interpreter Jupiter Kabyles Khaleth Khemmee Khetchee Khoonemtsee Khoonwee Leo Africanus letter Libyan Marsden means Morocco Mount Atlas mountains Mourtzouk Mozabies nation Nekenee Nekkinee Netsa Netseth Nile North Africa numerous Numidian Nuthentsee Nuthnee Oasis origin Phenician Plin plur plural pointers prefixed Preterite probably pronouns proper names Punic river Romans s. m. Nekkee Saara Shaler Shilha Shillah Showiah signifies Singular Siwah sound speak spoke f Strabo struck f Swedish Gentleman Taleb Thala Thebais thebit Themis thou Tibboo Tombuctoo town translated tribes Tuarycks Tuggurt Tunis Twat Verb vocabulary Wadreagans Wurgelah
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Page 24 - I love, thou lovest, he loves, we love, you love, they love," goes refraining itself ever and anon.
Page 33 - ... generic name ; or do the various tribes bear, each, a particular appellation ? To the first part of this question it is answered, that the term Berber, of which the plural form is beraber, is universally acknowledged by the original population of this country. I have conversed with natives of Morocco and of Tripoli, and every where the earlier Africans call themselves Beraber. The etymology of this word cannot now, perhaps, be ascertained ; but its origin is probably anterior to the Roman domination....
Page 32 - Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (vol. iv, new series), Tuarick comes from the Berber language, in which it signifies tribes. Now kabail is the Arabian for tribes, borders or families; and thus the Kabyles of the Atlas have an appellation...
Page 10 - ... this is to end. Besides the laws, journals and newspapers, before mentioned, you will receive herewith the State constitutions, the census and almanac, and an answer to Lord Sheffield on our commerce. A cypher is ready for you, but cannot be sent till we can find a trusty passenger going to Paris. I am, with great respect and esteem, dear Sir, your most obedient, and most humble servant.
Page 13 - ... where nothing was hazarded by it. At this day the Kabyles are regarded as very barbarians, both in the theory and practice of Islamism. There is a foundation in Algiers expressly for their instruction, which they receive gratis. From what is related of the Tuarycks by Hornemann and Lyon, they are also a white people, very numerous, brave, warlike, and of an independence of manners and deportment, that displays a remarkable contrast with the servility in practice at the court of Fezzan. They inhabit...
Page 13 - ... they may have thrown off their surplus population amongst their neighbors, and even sent out colonies in a country, that does not appear to have been ever properly settled, yet under such circumstances, having no distinct religion of their own, they might easily enough accept that of their neighbors, where nothing was hazarded by it. At this day the Kabyles are regarded as very barbarians, both in the theory and practice of Islamism. There is a foundation in Algiers expressly for their instruction,...
Page 22 - Wurgelans are black. Their dialects are identically the same, presenting only modifications of the great language of the Atlas, such as are in all countries produced by habitudes and climate. The Kabyles, who are the Highlanders of Africa, call a man ergaz ; the inhabitants of the lowlands of the Saara adopt the soft sound of g and say erdjaz.
Page 31 - ... indeed, divide with the Tibboos the whole of the Sahara; the latter occupying the wells and the wadys of the eastern, and the Tuaricks those of the western portion of this sterile belt. The Tibboos are black, yet without what we generally call negro features ; the Tuaricks, on the other hand, are white people of the Berber race, and are Mohammedans of the sect of Maleki, but are believed to be quite as indifferent to religion as the Kabyles. They are a very warlike nation, and often make incursions...
Page 13 - ... Hornemann and Lyon, they are also a white people, very numerous, brave, warlike, and of an independence of manners and deportment, that displays a remarkable contrast with the servility in practice at the court of Fezzan. They inhabit vast regions intersected by deserts, have little knowledge of Islamism beyond its forms, and in several districts they are pagans. It is not therefore a great stretch of credulity to believe, that the Tuarycks are also an original unconquered people, and the depositaries...
Page 22 - Since I last had the pleasure of writing to you, I have attended the Court of King's Bench pretty constantly, and am not sure that you are wrong.