The language, as they generally speak it, is a broken jargon, in which few of the grammatical peculiarities of the Rommany are to be distinguished. In fact, what has been said of the Spanish Gypsy dialect holds good with respect to the English as commonly spoken: yet the English dialect has in reality suffered much less than the Spanish, and still retains its original syntax to a certain extent, its peculiar manner of conjugating verbs, and declining nouns and pronouns. I must, however, qualify this last assertion, by observing that in the genuine Rommany there are no prepositions, but, on the contrary, post-positions; now, in the case of the English dialect, these post-positions have been lost, and their want, with the exception of the genitive, has been supplied with English prepositions, as may be seen by a short example:— Hungarian Gypsy. {429c} English Gypsy. English. Job Yow He Leste Leste Of him Las Las To him Les Los Him Lester From leste From him Leha With leste With him PLURAL. Jole Yaun They Lente Lente Of them Len Len To them Len Len Them Lender From Lende From them The following comparison of words selected at random from the English and Spanish dialects of the Rommany will, perhaps, not be uninteresting to the philologist or even to the general reader. Could a doubt be at present entertained that the Gypsy language is virtually the same in all parts of the world where it is spoken, I conceive that such a vocabulary would at once remove it. English Gypsy. Spanish Gypsy. Ant Cria Crianse Bread Morro Manro City Forus Foros Dead Mulo Mulo Enough Dosta Dosta Fish Matcho Macho Great Boro Baro House Ker Quer Iron Saster Sas King Krallis Crális Love(I) Camova Camelo Moon Tchun Chimutra Night Rarde Rati Onion Purrum Porumia Poison Drav Drao Quick Sig Sigo Rain Brishindo Brejindal Sunday Koorokey Curque Teeth Danor Dani Village Gav Gao White Pauno Parno Yes Avalí Ungalé As specimens of how the English dialect maybe written, the following translations of the Lord’s Prayer and Belief will perhaps suffice. THE LORD’S PRAYER