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WITH reference to the note under the above title in NATURE of February 20, p. 283, it may be of some interest to point out that the Arda in question no doubt refers to Ardra, Arder, or Allada, formerly one of the greatest towns on the Dahomian coast, which was conquered by King Agaja of Dahomey in 1724. The inhabitants speak a variety of Ewe, very similar to the ordinary Popo.
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TALBOT, P. A Mistaken Attribution in South American Linguistics. Nature 117, 381 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/117381e0
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