Note 36 — Chapter XXVI · STARTING FOR KÚKAWA.—THE FRONTIER DISTRICT.
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“Chínna-n-yalá” is an interesting specimen of the corruption of a language in the border-districts; for while the words are Kanúri, they are joined according to the grammar of the Háusa language, for in Kanúri the expression ought to be “chínna yalabe.”