LIETUVIY
KALBOTYROS
QUESTION-
S, XXXIV
(1994)
LIETUVIY
LANGUAGES
TARMES
IR
JU
STUDIES
Is
a chi es
F om
a chi es
M
Zigmas ZINKEVICIUS
LITHUANIAN
TRACES
VIENAME
»BOOKS
NOBAZNYSTES’
IN THE EXAMPLE
Vilniaus
Ma yno
Maz ydo
lib a y
”
"Books"
(PDF).
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in he copy,
wi h a
signa u e, is a
A
1/653,
wo-page
p aye ex
w i en in
ka
Li huanian.
Jj
I ha e
b ie ly
men ioned
my
Volume o
he
His o y o
IV
Li huanian Language
!.
Anyway, i
was no
discussed in
he in e iew
mo e b oadly.
P o ided,
pho ocopy
pe ho nas
jo
i
?:
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Mol:
V.
nw
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ca ed i e.
name,
la y s name
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ei
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hey we e.
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you' e
hinking
o he
seabed
dead
meese a ed,
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c
null pe
es ,
LOwe/iog
San es,
h, hes.
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ehind
wa
mase ua
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elnihel
s
eyhicys.
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|
Qawke
ie
ia
s
Z.
His o y
o he
Li huani-
an language, IV:
Lie u iy
in o he languages
XVIII-XIX
a.
Vilnius:
Science,
1990,
p.
186—187.
Del
echniniy
spaudos
ki eiy
ins ead
o aidés
z
su
ans e se
Roo s p essing
cab
166
1
5
10
15
gn
:
Ox
LL
Ly
hou Ad en ou é
A
P ie
ce
ke awe
we
Agams o ac.
muse,
A
eynbe:
anus,
dekdi oa-
me
uco ie -
dieey, og
‘un a
wang 7L-
ga:
cnaekn he
auhaz h
bes Du n
qu eyikes
a ei
,
i
u
mumes
wesig eh
ey, eC ps:
cMa eysi
kuna b ain
u
TIE
A
nucdel
nike
y
ne
cle
awey,
a es
Ba
one
po
Se, we,
ea i in
aeg in
cane
a he
77
cbuiwe,
be elel
TULdU,
dan
munw
u
ose e a ,’
‘gi mu e
&
g aug es
eo enicy
pale im ley
‘ den
Mud ad
sesued
awd ez
he y
ae
Ba
ne
Ya e o
aphecmia,'
ad
ce b ulb ele.,
cla,
e
e
pe
: d
“ih a
pub e,
alibes
[ ho e,
i
inike a
ia han,
Mi
ebies,
D ei. Pe.
5 sigs ae
SS yibe
T en, Ha,
dan
e d
lgaigee
adel Yl
|
Byw gioi
ga chank
a
en
Ne
I
God o
he sun
and he
moon, he
god o
he ain,
he god
o he
wind, he
god o
he sea,
he god
o he
wa e .
We
wo ship,
p aise,
and
p aise
he g ea
God, he
Son o
God, he
Lady o
God,
Jesus
Ch is ,
and he
Th one
o God,
who came
in he
win e
o us,
and who
came o
us
h ough
he
sp ing o
he Holy
Spi i ,
and om
he bi h
o he
Vi gin
Ma y, and
who will
come
again and
will sa e
us om
ou sins.
Gi e me
he li e
o he
dead, i
we a e
g a e ul
o you
g ea
igh eou-
sness,
you
hea el
me cy,
you lo e,
you ue
se ice,
you
gene ous
kindness,
you lo e
o us
and you
dea h o
ou loss;
Who is
he Lo d,
he Head,
he
Shephe -
d, he
Waldon,
he
P o ec -
o , he
Media o
and he
Concilia -
o , he
uncondi i-
onal
se an
o he
pe ec ,
u Tewu
Jawa and
u
Dwa ia.
"S'gu un
uméiu
paga bin-
u. Amen.
167
II
1 M . Iezau
X**®
Jzgani oi-
au us. 10
And he
pe ec
wisdom o
ou God,
which we
ha e
denied o
hea , iog
un ha
wa ging
Holy One
i z he
highes o
hea ens o
come, and
u us o
mee , she5
kieys:
S andeysi
kuna and
blood o
ou
sinne s,
no o
awes,
because
sheeey had
honou
wi h Tewg
[awa
be o e he
beginning
o he
wo ld, bu
o us, i
we we e in
he coming
wa s o
he wo ld,
sheeey
would help
us, 11 i
sheeey
would help
us who
we e los ,
and i
sheeey
would call
us o he
igh eous-
ness.
P a zome
Tawe pe
a eimg
awa un
Swie a,
da ik mus
nuodelnik-
ejs
Ma onies
i
b ungiausi
nuopelnai
Jawa;
Jzganik us
nuog
g eek,
wi a
ang y,
galibes
15
[zie ona,
i
umiina
pa kandi-
nima. O
G ea
Fa he ,
in he
name o
he God
o he
Co enan-
, Lo d
Jesus,
apding us
o he
Goddess,
i you
wan o
keep
you
co enan-
, he
Kingdom
o God
will gi e
you
powe
and glo y. Amen
*A copy o he
book
“nobaZnys é-
su
s” in p aye
o ms
{
Maz ydo
lib a y
en e ed
ig
Vilnius E angelical
Re o med Synod.
This is
shown
e en by
se e al
synod
seals
i
j aga on
he second
side o he
i le page
(o he
hand):
Bibl.
Synodi
E ang.-Re o m.
Viln.
Ca .
I.
D.
N2.777.q.
On he
same
page, i
seems,
ano he
hand
polekigkai
j aSy a:
Od
Ksigd/z]a
Kielme iskiego
Zbo u
Cons an
Thumasa.
1880
.
15
o he day
Ma ca
Kelmy.
So
Vilnius
Synod
book
1880m.
o Ma ch
15
d.
ecei ed
iS
Kelmés
e o ma y
kunigo
Kons an ino
Tumo
(Tumaso?
1877—1903
3).
Bo h
p aye
ex s a e
w i en
a he end
o he
book,
oge he
on blank
pages.
The specimen
has mo e
i
han uséiy
pages:
be o e’
p in ed ex
is nine
Jy
(in he
second hal
o he i s
page
some hing is
w i en, i
seems like a
agmen o
he con en ,
bu in he
o he
language he
same pe son
i
w o e he
ne
p aye ;
he e is
mo e small
w i ing, bu
in Polish),
e en blank
pages o
i
p in ed
ex .
po
—
39
The
p aye s
a e ound
po
in he i s
wo pages
o he
p in ed ex .
Bo h
p aye s
asé one
pe son.
They a e
co e ed
wi h black,
now aded
ho n.
The ex
is qui e
old, p.g.
inden
J,
[s
(=
3)
(=
§),
ey, (=ei,
uy
ui).
"Rady y
y y
auks aiziy
a me".
Na ional
an
syllabic ype
compounds
na owed, e.g.
un
I
1,
2,
6,
20,
II 3, ‘an ’,
19
b ungus
I
10
‘b angus’,
g.
sg.
.
he wo s
II
13
‘ he mos
expensi e’, Dunguiei zkos
I]
3—4
‘dangiskos’;
umzin
I
4
‘amainas’,
g.
sg.
m.
ence
I
4,
II
15,
16
‘amZino’,
g.
pl.
umziu
I
20,
II
19
‘amiZiy’;
giwin
II
19
‘li ing’,
2.
sg.
impe .
apding
3
G uzewski
B.
Koscidl
E angelical Re o med
w
Kielmach.
Wa saw, Poland
1912,
p.
421.
168
The 17
‘apdenk’. Tags:
idan I 10, II 8, 10,
18, g. sg. m.
pa kandinima II
15-16
‘paskandinimo-
’. The endings ¢,
¢ and -a, -e, <
*-g, *-¢.ne i e
-y, -j
espec i ely
-u, -i, e.g. a. sg.
ga bg II 6
‘ga be’, Tewg Il
6—7 ‘ e e’,
Sp owg I 7
‘dalyka,
eikala’, n. sg.
m. gimes I 8
‘gimes’; i. s.
17–18, 19–20,
21–22, 23–24,
25–26, 27–28,
29–30, 31–32,
33–34, 35–36,
37–38, 39–40,
40–41, 42–43,
44–45, 46–47,
48–49, 50–51,
52–53, 54–55,
56–57, 58–59,
60–61, 62–63,
64–65, 66–67,
68–69, 70–71,
72–73, 74–75,
76–77, 78–79,
80–81, 82–83.
Ziwa e I 15
‘li e’. This
o ien s us o
he na ow
eas e n
Li huanian
a eas be ween
Pas alys and
Vasky. Such a
decision is no
suppo ed by
S a auja, bu
by jj, he ha d
/be o e e ype
ocalism (a),
he p esence
o he
non-in e laced
inal -a < *-a
ins ead o he
common
language -o and
he long owel
@ in he
ki éia ed
monosyllabic
zodizes Salia
wi hou he
in e laced inal
-as (b), as well
as he
assimila ion o
he s ong-end
diph hong
demeny and
he
symboliza ion
o he le e
ey (c), e.g. : (a) 2.
sg. cond.
gale umey II 11
‘ u gale um’, 1.
pl. mi e umim I
12 ‘mes
myle ume’; (b)
g. sg. m. kuna Il
5 ‘kino’, G eek
II 14
‘nuodémés’,
wi a pik a II 15
‘all e il’, wa ga
I 8 ‘ha m’ and
a II 3 ‘ o’, bu
. b ungiausios
II 13 ‘ he mos
expensi e’; c)
pa sey I 16
‘pa sy’, ik ey
I 13 ‘ uly’,
duk ingey I
15—16 ‘dickingly,
wi h hope’, i. pl.
m.
nuodelnikejs II
13
‘pa icipan s’,
n. pl. m.
paskey z i II 18
‘ o ead,
o suppo ’.
Bu plg. a.
pl. mums
II 11, 14
‘mus’.
In he
ex
he e
a e
a chaic
o ms,
which
a e no
longe
used in
he
s a e
and in
gene al in
Li huani-
a, e.g., d.
pl.
Zmonem-
us I 2
‘zmoné-
ms’, all.
s.g.
paku osp
II 11, ad.
s.g. 12–13,
pp. 12–13,
pp. 13–14.
.
Danguiei-
{zkos II
4, 2. sg.
cond.
pade um-
bey II 9, 1.
pl.
ga e um-
bim II 19.
I da es
om he
16 h–17 h
cen u ie-
s. Abo e
he ex
o he
i s
p aye is
he
Polish
an as é
(see
pho oco-
py), which
should
ead as
ollows:
Modl(i w-
a) V na
B(oz)e
Na odze-
nie. So
his
p aye
has a
i h
(Roman)
numbe .
The 5 h
p aye in
he
“Book o
P aye s”
is a
comple -
ely
di e e-
n
p aye ,
so he
p aye is
no
ansla -
ed in o
he
Eas e n
dialec o
he
Uppe
Ta as.
Such a
p aye ,
which
co esp-
onds o
he
o iginal
ex , is
no
ound in
he Book
o
Nobazny-
s és. Bu
he mos
in e es -
ing hing
abou
his copy
is he
new
hand-w i-
en
numbe s,
among
which is
he 5 h.
Appa en-
ly, he
ex was
aken
om
ano he
collec i-
on o
p aye s,
he
con en s
o which
a e
numbe e-
d. A e
checking
he
la ge
collec io-
ns o
p aye s
published
in 1781
and 1845
by he
E angeli-
cal-Re o-
med
chu che-
s, he 5 h
p aye
was
ound,
he same
one ha
was
eques -
ed in he
“Book o
nobazny-
s es”.
The
spelling is
simila :
{(= s)
aidé,
ins ead
o {3 (= 8)
ia B,
ins ead
o 2 —3;
he
diph hon-
gs ay, ey,
uy a e in
he 1781
edi ion,
and in
1845 hey
we e
w i en
aj, ej uj.
The 1781
edi ion
con ains
he
e bal
o ms
wi h -b,
and he
1845
collec i-
on
con ains
mile umi-
m,
duk e u-
mim,
a nau -
umim. The
language
is ypical
o he
middle
a ian
o he
miisy
senyjy
a3 y
language,
so in his
edi ion
he ex
is
w i en
as an ,
b angus,
am3inas,
am3iy,
ik ay
and so on.
No
e e ywh-
e e in he
Wo d,
he e
a e
changes
in he
ex , he
mos
impo a-
n o
which
a e:
4 P aye s
o he
bap ised,
Wi Jokioy
Reykmey
p igulinczi-
os...Ka ala-
uc3uje...
MDCCLXX-
XI (=1781).
Used
Vilnius
Uni e si y
Lib a y
copy sign.
Ly 965. In
1845, he
Uni e si y
o Vilnius
copies
we e used.
LR 695. "
169
In he 1781
collec ion
(in he
1845
manusc i-
p : only
he chan
di e s):
§mone e
gia as
pamegum-
as
Zmonem-
us gie a
wala
Po e
mu u
JE3au
Ch y e
Ponie
Jezau
K is e
iuog i
o a
awo
Diewi iog
i z Sos a
ewi[zka
un
ziemibes
ka an
giamibes
giami kos
o wa ga
i bedas
Zmo iu
nuoi
wa ga
musu
nuodelnik-
eis
de niku
[ o is’
eykey i
J o is
eykieys
awimp’
ik ay
duk e u-
mbim
Tawimp
dukse u-
mim awe
wie nay
ekio um-
bim’,
Tawe
s opiey
ekio um-
im, Tawim
awimi
wienu
cZe e
Ziwa a
pacziu
Ziwa e
obu u ko
pe bulau-
siu The
second
p aye is
no ound
in he
e o med
collec io-
ns o
p aye s.
We
canno be
su e ha
he
au ho o
“Knygos
nobaznys-
és” used
hese
publica i-
ons.
P obably
he e
was some
o he
unlikely
collec ion
o
p aye s,
a possible
hing,
handw i -
en,
w i en in
he
eas e n
highland
dialec ,
om
which i is
d awn. As
he da a
below
shows,
his was
p obably
done in
he la e
18 h
cen u y
o he
i s hal
o he
19 h
cen u y.
Exis ing
a chaic
o ms,
no
espec -
ul o he
language
o he
ime,
could
ha e been
simply
ew i -
en om
an olde
collec ion.
Among
hem, he
Uni e si-
y
Lib a y
o
Wa saw
holds
Kelmés_ -
e o ma y
XVII—XIXa.
The same
handw i -
ing was
ound on
he
se mon.
The whole
ex 's
s uc u-
e and
language
( a mé) is
he same
as ou
common
p aye . In
Gia, he
le e s ,
s (= 5), z
(= 8), ey,
uy (= ei, ui)
a e used.
The
na owed
o ms o
an- ype
syllable
compoun-
ds, e.g.
un ‘an ’,
a. sg.
Dungu
‘dangy’,
ad .
p ide un-
cziey
‘app op -
ia ely’,
[3indien
‘ oday’,
bu dan .
The inals
g, ¢ and -a,
-e < *-@,
*-é a e
no
eplaced
by -y, j o
-u, -i, e.g. a.
sg. galwg,
p ie z
Sos g,
ape
a pi kimg,
su mey g
‘su meile’,
1. sg.
ziwa e
‘li e’.
Ha d #
be o e a
ype o
ocalism:
Jekle
‘sc a ch’
(impo a-
n o
Nau uan--
Ry y
AukS ai¢i-
ams!),
meyle
‘sc a ch-
’, Guleja
‘sc a ch-
’, 1. pl.
cond.
ga e um-
im
‘galé um-
e’. The
dis ibu -
ion o he
owels @
and o is
he same
in he
gi en
o ms, c .
g. sg. m.
Diewa
‘God’,
[wie a
‘wo ld’,
on zienkla
‘on he
sign’ and
a ‘ ha ’,
ja ‘his’
Salia
iniinés
-ios. See
also he
p onunci-
a ion o
he
i agal-
io ai:
ku sey
‘cou ses-
’, sz ey
‘ ha ’,
dayk ey
‘ hings’,
su
wi ikleys
‘wi h
diape s’,
Labey
‘ e y’...
m.
ku iamuy
‘ku iam’,
ad. s.g.
Diewiep,
all. s.g.
1999. pp.
10.
"Musump,
n pl. m.".
Danguiei{-
zki
‘dangi8s-
ki’, 1. pl.
Dunguiei{-
zkose, e
e
‘ ebenie’,
ad .
Tod in
‘ odél’,
nesang
‘nes’…
The e is
no doub
ha he
w i e o
he
Wa saw
ex is
he same
pe son
who
w o e
bo h
p aye s
in he
“Book o
he
Laws”.
Who was
he
pe son, i
was no
possible
o
de e min-
e. Among
he
au ho s
o he
a su is-
kiy
Kelmes
e o ma-
y
collec ion
is
Alexande
Moeiulsky.
This is
p obably
wha he
au ho o
he
a icle
d ew he
a en ion
o he
his o ian
Inge
LukSai e.
She ga e
us he
own
p in s
and
mic o ilm-
s. Jai
Si ding,
yeah! 8
This was
con i m-
ed by he
LTSR
Cou
Expe ise
Resea ch
Ins i u e
in i s
No ice No.
11—1280 o
16.10.1981.
Esan¢éio
inkin Je,
called
“Zbié
kazan poe
i lie u ių
iš me ų
1742— 1812
i
neda ų”,
old
signa u e
1148, new
—1268.
170

zinomas
e angeliky- e o ma y
leidiniy publishe
Aleksand as
Rapolas
Moeiulsk-
is
(1790—
1866),
gimes
He
i
wo ked
he e
o a
while.
I was
inclined o
hink ha
he ex
p obably
belongs o
he bi en
hand
jo
°.
Ta¢iau
Paweł
Wojcik, a
s uden a
he
Uni e si y o Wa saw,
1992/1993
m.
m.
s aZa e is
Vilnius
Uni e si y, a
my eques ,
checked he
Wa saw
collec ion and
ound no da a
con i ming
his opinion.
i
°.
The
collec i-
on
con ains
eks y, asy y
Alexande
i
Adomo
(mos likely
Adomo
Jok bo,
1749—1832)
Moéiulskiy,
also
Alexande
MeSkausko
(Mieszkowski),
so all he
jy
w i ing is
di e en
om us ough
a Su iskio
(including’
The book
nobagnys és”
j asy y
maldy) ex .
Anyway,
a
*Knygos
nobaznys és”
p aye will be
j aSes
pe son,
wo king
Kelméje
ben
a
susijes
su
Kelmés
E angelical
Re o med
Chu ch.
The
p ies s
o ha
communi-
y we e
o en
b ough
is
Bi zy o
wen o
wo k
i
Bi zus
(bo h
loca ions
ha e
wo ked
o men ion
Aleksand as
Rapolas
i
Adam
Jok ibas
Moéiulskiai),
so ex
y y
auks aigiy
Bi zy
k as o
a me
a p
Kelmes
e o ma y
ank aS¢iy
neu é y
miisy
s ebin i.
Bi zy
k as o
a me
In he ea ly
a.
19 h
cen u y,
he
Re o me s
used i o
publish
eligious
con en .
I shows
bo h
Mykolo
Ce askio
!°,
bo n
abou
1754
m.
mos likely
Nemunelio
In Rad iliškis,
om
1784
m.
be o e
dea h)
(1824
di busio
Bi zuose,
book
publishing, published
1803
m.
Sample:
”Kozonis
padeka oné-
s”
i
The Old
Ca echism.
The basis o
he i s
bookle is he
dialec ha
we know
(wi h
adi ional
aS y
p e ixes o
he ime), e.g.,
wundeni
‘ andenyje’,
[zwin i
‘s en i’,
ka
‘ko’, ‘ o’,
a
weykey
‘child en’,
ze linksmus
paukszeziey
‘ ie
linksmi
pauké iai’
(li iksmiis).I8
he essence
o he same
language
w i en in
he second
i
bookle
jZanga, bu
po e iy
o he
ca echism
i
subjec s in
i
adi ional,
con inuing
middle
XVI-
XVII
a.
as y
kalbos—
a ian a.
M.
Maz ydo
lib a y
con ains
books o an
unknown
au ho
”Bud
abou
dinne
M .
Mouse.
Oh, Jesus.
Ch is uso”
(unda ed)
xe ox copy o
he ex in
he same
dialec as
M.
Ce askio,
e.g.
wundo
‘ anduo’,
pinkiu
‘penkiy’,
ku
‘ka’,
s alu
‘s ala’,
songs
‘giesme’,
a
‘ o’,
p as us
‘p as i’
(p aise),
ejki
‘mus ’.
Rasé
ne
M.
Ce askis
(di e en
spelling),
bu
ano he
pe son.
I
i is ull o
a chaisms,
e.g.,
nesang
'nes',
be aig
‘be ’,
kiekwienamuy
‘e e yone’, i
we had
‘kad
u é ume’.
Juozas
Tumelis
In Vilnius
has a
se mon
i
giesmiy
ibe
( ecei ed
1968
m.
is
Leono
Gudai io),
which is
j
one
collec ion
1925-1940
m.
he
pain e o sudéjo
Kazys
Simonis,
buying
hose a ms
In Bi zai,
iS
he
elde s o ed
S ei eno
(S ei ono?).
I 's long,
page-long
284
XVIII-
The 19 h
a.
Re o med
Tex s
Collec ion.
Oldes
da ed
ex
is
1726
m.
Maybe i 's
e en olde .
Rage
pe sons
unknown,
excep
1813
m.
ex
au o ly
al eady
—
men ion-
ed
M.
Ce aski.
Many o
he
ex s in
his
collec i-
on a e w i en in adi ional
8
Zinke iéius
Z.
His o y
o he
Li huani-
an language, IV,
p.
187.
:
2
Reiskiu
P.
Wojcik
was gi en
uz
h ee
housand
i
copies o
he
addi ional
ex s.
‘
o
Real_su name is
assumed o
ha e been
Vaskys,
p o é iy
ié e s a
j
la yniska
Ce askj,
o
ou
bibliog aph-
is
e s hey
we e made
Ce auska.
171
as y
language,
bu wi h
e y
abundan
elemen s
o he
eas e n
highland
dialec .
The e a e
some
cha ac e-
is ics
(also in
some o
he oldes
ex s)
ha guide
us in he
Na ow
pa o
he Mi%a
i e ,
especially
in he
Bi zy
a ea, e.g.,
ja ‘his’, a
‘ ha ’,
ejki
‘need’,
pawe éi
‘ u ns’,
sekle
‘seek’,
umpus
‘sho ’ (=
sho ),
ki as asz
i a ‘I am
ano he ’.
The e a e
nume ous
ancien
w i en
examples
o he
language,
e.g.,
nopikon -
oy ‘in
ha ed’,
dewin am
liekam
paguldime
‘in he
nine een-
h
chap e ’,
/zwe am-
uy ‘ o he
holy’,
kunigamus
‘ o he
p ies s’,
poniep,
mu impi,
dangueie -
zkas
‘hea enly’,
ninnaim
‘ o be’.
Appa en l-
y, a leas
some o
hese
ex s
we e
aken
om hei
ancien
manusc i-
p s o
om
p in ed
publica io-
ns
unknown
o us. In
1948 in
Kaunas,
when I was
b owsing
he copies
o
Mo kiino's
Re o med
Pos il in
he
Vy au as
Magnus
Uni e si y
Lib a y, I
no iced a
s ange
de achme-
n : he
back was
co e ed
wi h
agmen-
s o an
old
Li huanian
handw i i-
ng. The
language
o his
ex
esembles
he
eas e n
a ian o
Russian. I
w o e
down he
ollowing
wo ds:
umzi‘amZ-
iy’, baysas
‘ e ible’,
eyp ‘yes’,
kayp
‘how’, niey
‘no’.
Un o un-
a ely, i is
no longe
possible o
in es iga-
e he
language
o his
manusc i-
p : he
copy has
been
es o ed
and is now
in he
lib a y o
Vilnius
Uni e si y
(new
signa u e
Lp 1620),
while he
o iginal
manusc i-
p is no
longe
a ailable.
As we
know, in
he G and
Duchy o
Li huania
in he
16 h—17 h
cen u ies
books
we e
published
in wo
a ian s
o he
w i en
language:
he
so-called
middle
a ian
(which
o igina ed
in he
dialec o
he
cen al
Li huanian
plains a
ha ime —
he
Kedainiy
K as o
dialec )
and he
eas e n
a ian
(o igina -
ed in he
dialec o
Vilnius and
i s nea by
su oundi-
ngs).
Ca holic
books
we e
pe mi ed
in bo h
e sions:
he i s
was o
he
Zemgaly
diocese,
he
second
o he
needs o
he Vilnius
diocese.
Bu he
Re o me-
s
published
books only
in he
middle
e sion.
The e is
no only
no a
single
book, bu
e en a
manusc i-
p o he
Re o med
ex ,
w i en in
he
eas e n
w i en
language
o he
16 h—17 h
cen u ies.
This
ci cums -
ance is
qui e
su p ising,
because
e o med
(cal inis )
people o
ai h we e
hen no
only in he
eas e n
and
cen al
(Zemaiciy
dis ic ),
bu also in
eas e n
Li huania,
Vilnius and
Uzne io 1!
(Bi zai,
Pane ezy-
s,
Naujamie-
s is,
Papilys,
Ukme gé,
U ena,
Za asai...)
dis ic s.
All he
da a
p esen ed
in his
a icle
compel us
o e ise
a leas in
pa he
obse a i-
on ha
he
Re o med
Chu ch
used only
he middle
w i en
e sion o
he
language.
Appa en l-
y, hey
asé and
eas e n,
bu he
w o e a
book was
no
p in ed o
p in ed did
no
su i e.
Appa en l-
y, i was
no
wi hou
eason
ha in he
i s hal
o he
19 h
cen u y,
he
eache
o he
Bi žai
e o med
school
Kazimie -
as
K is upas
Daukėa
(bo n
abou 1795,
died 1865)
in his
handw i -
en
Li huanian
g amma
( he i s
g amma
w i en in
Li huania-
n!), ”Sho
alk abou
he
Li huanian
language”
based on
he
eas e n
Uppe
Aukš ai i-
jos
dialec , by
he way,
mos ly
spoken in
he Bi žai
egion (he
himsel
came om
he e). He
c ea ed
his own
common
w i en
language in
he
eas e n
Uppe
Saxony 1 I
was also
used by
Kazimie -
as
K is upas
sūnus, who
modi ied
and
simpli ied
i .
Edwa d
Jacob
Daukia
(1836 —
abou
1890).
Appa en-
ly, he
eas e n
Li wa
Zawilejs-
ka was
s ill
called up
be o e§
1860, bu
disappea-
ed om
Bi zy
e o m-
ed p ies
Ka olis
e c.
Abou
he e m
and a ea
z .
Woj ko-
wiak Z.
Za ilejs-
ka
Li huania
in he
15 h and
i s hal
o he
16 h
cen u y,
Poznan,
1980. 12
Plagiau
g .
Zinke iéi-
us Z.
His o y
o
Li huani-
an
Languag-
e, [V,
Vilnius,
1990, p.
190—192.
172
(ieee
ho
Ne lich's
(1808
—
1860)
G amma .
Thus, he
eas e n
highland
dialec has
played a a
g ea e ole
in he
e o med
a ional han
he usual
manonia.
LITHUANIAN
INSCRIPTIONS
IN
A
COPY
OF
‘'THE BOOK
NOBAZNYSTES’
Summa y
The a icle
analyses he
handw i en
ex wo
p aye s
ound
o
in
a
copy
o
”
Book
nobaznys és”
kep he
in
M.
Maz ydas
Lib a y
in
Vilnius.
I
was
es ablished
ha he
insc ip ion
had been
made
by
an
e angelis
e o mis
p ies ,
a
na i e he
o
dis ic
o
Bi zai,
who
wo ked
in
Kelmé.
Tex s
w i en he
by
same pe son
can ound
he
collec ion
be
manusc ip s
in
he
e o mis s
o
o
o
Kelme,
a
he
lib a y
o
Wa saw
Uni e si y.
These
ex s
a e
supposed
o
ha e
been
copied
ou some
o
old
p aye
book
ei he
he end
o
he
o
18 h he
o
begining
he
o
19 h
cen u y.
This ex
w i en
is
he
in
Eas
High
Li huanian
dialec .
The linguis
peculia i ies
he
o
Bi zai
egion
can be
be
seen
easily.
The ac s
p esen ed
show ha
he
Eas
High
Li huanian
dialec
played
a
much mo e
impo an
ole he
w i ings
in
he
e o mis s
o
han was
supposed
be o e.
i
KETURI
K.
BUGOS
LETTER
TOREI
TORBIORNSSONUI
1992
m.
geguzés-bi Zelio
ménesj di bau
sla is o bal is o
i
T.
To bjö ns-
son Lib a y
and
A chi es
*,
Uni e si y
o Lund
(Sweden)
Depa men
o Sla ic
S udies.
I me my ex
he e
su
Geo ge, a
$gios
depa me-
n
employee.
A young
man who
in one
in e i-
ew said
he had
w i en
ou
K.
Biigos
laiškus
T.
To bjö nsson
—
was going o
publish hem.
Laisky usy
language
o iginals
oge he wi h
o he
co espondence
su
handw i en in
which ime we e
i
p ese ed
T.
To bjö nsson-
's a chi es.
G.
Many le e s
w i en in a
change, by
placing
diac i ical
ma ks, will
mo e
unde lines.
Unwan ed
likes only
Ja is
(b), which
was no
p esen in
he sea ch
engine, some
ussian
i
wo ds in
La in
le e s
7.
No able o
comple e he
co ec ion
due o illness,
which soon
G.
Fa om
he bed.
When I
i8
wen o
he
hospi al,
i u ned
ou ha
he
o iginal le e s had disappea ed somewhe e.
(a e
ca e ul
inspec ion)
T.
To bjö nsson-
's a chi es a
Lund
Uni e si y
Lib a y
Rank as yno
ca alogue, I
couldn' ind
i
i ).
jy
As he
o iginals did
no appea ,
he le e s
i
emained
un inished
and
unpublished.
i
Al hough
he
le e s
we e no
ully
p epa ed
o
publica io-
n, hey
can be
us ed
(abou
one
ano he
doub ul
hing z .
Explana ions).
G.
Jaugelis
was
conside ed
one o he
bes
publishing
p oo eadi-
ng edi o s
o he
i
Sla is ics
Ins i u e,
be
he has
exempla ily
p epa ed a
numbe o
le e s o
Russian
w i e s
Fo Lund
Sla is s
(a .
Sla ica
Lundensia,
1973.
Vol.
1,
p.
115—140
;
1974.
Vol.
2,
p.
7—
116).
I wan o
hank you
G.
Pe mission
uz
o copy and
publish in he
Li huanian
i
p ess.
*
Abou
T.
To bjö nsson
Lib a y and
A chi es
Z .
S
undZia
B.
Li huanian s udies
Uni e si y
o Lund
//
Mo he
ongue,
1992,
No.
11.
P.
21—25.
Scien i ic
wo k in he
lib a y and
a chi e
The Swedish
Ins i u e
(S enska
Ins i u e )
inanced
Siau ées
Saliy
minis y
a yba
(No dic
Council
o
Minis e s),
he
a els
we e paid
o in
o eign
cu ency
by he Open Li huania Founda ion.
173