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MMADỤ.

A na-asụ asụsụ Mota dị ka asụsụ ala nna ha site-
ihe dị ka narị mmadụ asatọ, ma eleghị anya ọ dịbeghị,
kwuru n’ọgbọ gara aga ihe karịrị otu puku.  Ọ
na-enweta nanị mkpa ya site n'ịbụ ya, site n'ọnọdụ-
stances kama site na nhọrọ, asụsụ a na-eji dị ka ndị nkịtị
usoro nzikọrịta ozi na Melanesia Mission.  Ịbụ
eji na ntụgharị asụsụ, na nkuzi ọnụ nyere ụmụ amaala nke
ọtụtụ agwaetiti ndị dị anya, yana n'ime mkparịta ụka
nke ndị nkuzi nke na-aga n'ihu ugbu a ruo afọ iri atọ;
ọ bụrụla, n'akụkụ asụsụ Fiji, nke kachasị n'ozuzu ya
mara asụsụ Melanesia.  O nwere n'ezie uru nke
nke ya;  ọ bụ phonologically free si ihe isi ike nke
mebie ụfọdụ asụsụ nke otu na nke ndị agbata obi
otu ;  ma o juputara, kpọmkwem na mgbanwe zuru oke maka iji ya
nkuzi na ntụgharị asụsụ.  Akwụkwọ ọkọwa okwu Mota nwere ike ịbụ
were dị ka ihe ngosi nke otu asụsụ ka
nke ọ bụ;  ma ga-esochi ya na akwụkwọ ọkọwa okwu ma ọ bụ
Okwu zuru oke nke asụsụ nke agwaetiti ndị isi na
nke Melanesia Mission na-arụ ọrụ.
Mota, Sugarloaf I., bụ otu n'ime otu ụlọ akụ, nke na-agha ụgha
n'ebe ugwu nke New Hebrides.  Asụsụ Mota bụ
jikọtara ya na asụsụ na olumba ndị ọzọ nke
Agwaetiti Banks, na nke ugwu ugwu nke New
Hebrides.  Ndị a so na otu Melanesia akọwapụtara nke ọma
asụsụ ;  ma ndị a ọzọ bụ ndị otu nnukwu ezinụlọ
Asụsụ Oceanic a na-asụ n'akụkụ ụwa niile nke agwaetiti,
nke sitere n'ụsọ oké osimiri Africa na Eshia ruo n'ókè
Eastern otu nke Polynesia.  N'ebe a sara mbara Madagas-
ụgbọ ala na Formosa gụnyere, mana Australia na, na isi,
A hapụrụ New Guinea.