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In the following table, the foregoing words are compared in [[strikethrough]]the[[/strikethrough]] ^[[eleven different]] Vocabularies [[strikethrough]of seven different tribes,[[/strikethrough]] obtained at Rio Janeiro, of the following tribes.

[[underline]]Congo[[/underline]] Nations on the West Coast of Africa
1. The [[underline]]Kɑmbindɑ[[/underline]], near the mouth of the Congo, in Latitude 5 degrees South
2. The [[underline]]Mundʒōlɑ[[/underline]], a savage tribe inland of the Kɑmbindɑ.
3 [[strikethrough]]4[[/strikethrough]]. The Congo proper.
4 [[strikethrough]]5[[/strikethrough]]. The Angōlɑ, south the preceding. The Kɑsɑ'ndʒi, in the interior is a dialect of this tongue
5 [[strikethrough]]6[[/strikethrough]]. The [[underline]]Bengērɑ[[/underline]], or Benguelɑ. From the town of Viye several hundred miles in the interior.
On the Mosambique coast.
6 [[strikethrough]]7[[/strikethrough]]. [[strikethrough]]Mundʒɑ'nɑ[[/strikethrough]] ^[[The]] [[underline]]Makūo[[/underline]], along the coast, [[strikethrough]]from[[/strikethrough]] to the river Zambezi [[?]] Quilimane, in Lag. 18 degrees S. from 2 mil[[?]], in Lat. 9 S.
7 [[strikethrough]]8[[/strikethrough]]. The [[underline]]Mundʒɑ'nɑ[[/underline]] or Mutʃɑ'nɑ, in the interior ^[[& also to the north]] of the preceding.
8. The Mɑko'nde -- in the interior ^[[near]] [[strikethrough]]of[[/strikethrough]] the foregoing.
{9 [[strikethrough]]9[[/strikethrough]]. [[underline]]Tɑkwɑ:nɑ[[/underline]] 10 [[strikethrough]]10[[/strikethrough]]. [[underline]]Mɑsenɑ[[/underline]] 11. [[underline]]Sofɑ:lɑ[[/underline]]} Dialects of the language spoken throughout the Empire of Monomɑtɑ'pɑ (so called) & along the coast, from the river Zambeze to to Nyɑmbɑ:nɑ, in Lat. 23. S.
12. The [[underline]]Nyɑmbɑ:nɑ[[/underline]], a Caffre tribe, occupying the coast south of the preceding.
A more particular account will be given of each tribe, [[strikethrough]]alone[[/strikethrough]] along with its vocabulary.
[[strikethrough]]I have added to the above, ^in order to confirm their connectness, [[strikethrough]]of[[/strikethrough]] & complete the enumeration]] the following dialects, from [[?]] authorities
Eastern Coast
The [[underline]]Mɑlembɑ[[/underline]] -- on the coast near the mouth of the Congo ^[[from "Tuckey's Expedition" p.]]
The [[underline]]Embommɑ[[/underline]] -- on the river Congo, about 80 miles from mouth ^[[Luonda?]]
Western Coast
The Mɑkooɑ (Mɑkūɑ) from Salt, app. p. 1
The Monjou (Mɑdʒɑ'nɑ) "
Caffre
The Koossɑ, the southernmost of these tribes adjoining the Cape Colony, from Lichtenstein, Vol. 1. Appendix
The Beetshuɑnɑ, on western Caffres, on the interior, from the same.[[/strikethrough]]