The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-08
LANGUAGE OF THE BoERs.
GrammaticnIIy 1t Is the same Ton
que as the Dutch.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer
The language Of the Beers in South
Africa is grammatically the language of
the people OF Holland. They speak Dutch
as their forefathers in Holland spoke it
and speak it now. They are called Beers
because that is a Dutch word which de-
scribes them. It means farmer and ag-
riculture is the main pursuit Of the COM
pa triots of Dom Paul. A knowledge OF
Dutch would supply an explanation of the
odd-looking words that are used now and
then in the news reports from the Re
public. 1t would also enable one to pro-
nounce these words as they should be
enunciated
Dutch diphthongs are not given the same
sounds as their equivalents in English
The double TO-" for instance, In Dutch,
has the same sound as 20" in Rome, while
the diphthong zoe is pronounced by the
Dutch We pronounce 90 in boot. The
English pronunciation of these Two dipn-
thongs is the reverse of that given them
by those who speak Dutch And 'ou'
has the sound of ''OW'' in owl. The sound
of ''u4' is nearly like that of the English
10Y" in boy The Dutch double "aa" is
the same as the English "a" in war, AS
there is no 'y'' in DuLch its place is taken
Dy ii" which is sounded as ~ in defy.
If one, therefore. would pronounce Dom
Paul properly he would say il as if it were
spelled "Ome PoWl." The family name
OF Gen. JOubert would for the same rea-
son be pronounced as if il We're spelled
Vow bert" the word Boer is pronounced
by the Afrikander as ii it We're of two
syllables; the first long and the second
short thus: "Boo-er." The plural is not
Beers" IL is "Boeren,' and it is pro-
nounced ''Bo-er-eh," because the final m
is surrcd.
Here are some of the Dutch words that
are oftenest in Print in connection with
the news of the Transvaal and their pro-
nunclat.on and meaning
| Bloemfontein (Ooom-fon-tine).. ........
observation-disclosures. Flower fountain
Boer (boo-er) ..........,...............F Farmer
Buitenlander (boyten-lont-eD Foreigner
Burgher (ouhr-ker) .................C Itizen
Burgerregt (buhr-ker-rekQ citizenship
Burgerwacht (buhr-ker-yokO ,.........
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Citizen soldiery
Jonkhtrr (yunk- hare. NJ ember of the
NolksIaad; gentleman.
Dom (oon) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Uncle
haad WaAU ....,.,-...................S Senate
Raadsheer Qahds-hare) Senator
Raadhuls (rahd-hoys) ........ Senate house
Rand (rahnO ..................M Margin; edge
Staat (stahO NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. State
5 aatkunde (staht-kuhn-de) ........ Politics
Staatsraad (stahtsrahd) Council of State
Stad (sloO OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. City
Stemmer (stemmer) ......... Voter; elector
Transvaai Orons-fahD 49,. Circular valley
| Trek (treck) ...,.....,..... Draughli journey
| Trekken (reck-eh) ITO draw; to travel
| Trekpaard Qfeckpahrd) ,.....Draft horse
| Ut (oyO ..,.......+-.-............O Out; out OF
| Uitiander (oyt-lont-er) ,,.......,. Foreigner
| Naal QahD Observation-Disclosures. Valley
| Naderlandsiefde MISUNDERSTANDING
......Love of ones country; patriotism
| Weld QelO Field open lands
| Neldheer Qet-hare) General; commandant
| Neldwachter Qelt-vock-ter) Rural guard
| No.ksraad Qu,ks-Tahd) ...........,......
.............,..L Lower House of Congress
| NOorrest Qore-rekO Franchise; privilege
| Nreemdeling Qrame-da-lins) ...,.. Stranger
| WitWatersrand (vit-Yot-ters-ronD ..,..
..............M Margin Of the white water
Pretoria, the capital of the South African
republic, is named in honor OF its first
| President, Pretorlus, who led the Dutch
| i'm the great trek, or journey, out of Cape
| Colony sixty years ago and into the Trans
! Vaal 20 escape the dominion of England,
| Johannes burg IS easily translated into
| English as Johnstown. The term "Afri-
| kander" is used TO designate the Dutch
from the other white people OF South
| Africa.