Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea, and the great Loo-Choo IslandHall, Basil
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Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea, and the great Loo-Choo Island
Hall, Basil
Korea -- Description and travel; Ryukyu Islands -- Description and travel
One hour, or one o'clock It'chee twit'chee }
Two hours, or two Nee twit'chee }
Three Sang twit'chee } The day
Four Shee twit'chee }
Five Goo twit'chee }
Six Roocoo twit'chee }
Seven Sit'chee twit'chee }
Eight Fat'chee twit'chee }
Nine Coo twit'chee } The night.
Ten Joo twit'chee }
Eleven Joo it'chee twit'chee}
Twelve Joo nee twit'chee }
The day at Loo-Choo, i.e. between sunrise and sunset, is divided into
six hours, as is also the night.
COMPARISON BETWEEN THE JAPANESE AND LOO-CHOO LANGUAGES.
NOTE.
The following comparisons are given, with the view of pointing out as
nearly as circumstances will permit what resemblance there is between
the languages of the islands of Loo-Choo, Niphon, or Japan, and Insu,
lying in the Japan Sea, and which by some voyagers have been considered
the same language.
In the first comparison, viz. that between the languages of Loo-Choo and
Japan, the Japanese words are extracted from the translation of
Thunberg's Voyage to Japan, printed in London 1795, 2d edit. vol. iii.
In the second, viz. that between Loo-Choo and Insu, the Insu words are
taken from Broughton's Voyage.
A third comparison is given between the languages of Loo-Choo, Niphon,
and Insu, together with the two sets of Numerals in use at Loo-Choo, the
Japanese from Thunberg, and the Insu from Broughton.
It ought to be recollected that as Mr. Thunberg was a foreigner, and
wrote in a different language from that in which the Loo-Choo words have
been recorded, a difference of sound may be suspected between them when
no material difference really exists between the two languages.
The letter _u_ has been substituted in the spelling of the Japanese
words for the _v_ used by Thunberg.
COMPARISON BETWEEN THE JAPANESE AND LOO-CHOO LANGUAGES.
_English._ _Japanese[129]._ _Loo-Choo._
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