MANGAREVA AS A CENTER OF DISTRIBUTION. 



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pretationof this phenomenon we may venture to regard the Mangarevan 

 as showing evidence of greater age, for the loss of vocables by other 

 languages of the family marks the passage of uncertain but undoubtedly 

 considerable periods of time. Examining the occurrences of affiliates 

 we find that 651 vocables of Mangarevan are common to Rapanui, 38 

 per cent, as corresponding closely with the 34 per cent in the Paumotu ; 

 973 in Tahiti, 57 per cent, markedly below the 81 per cent which is the 



Table 9. 



Mgv-Rn-Mq-Ta 

 Mgv-Rn-Mq . . . 



Mgv-Rn-Ta 



Mgv-Rn 



Total 



Paumotu 



Mgv-Mq-Ta. . . . 



Mgv-Mq 



Mgv-Ta 



Mgv (Ha) 



Total 



Paumotu 



Grand total. 



Southeast 

 Polynesia. 



21 



3' 



8 



56 



Poly- 

 nesian. 



89 

 24 

 IO 



7 



116 

 21 



130 

 259 



Proto- 

 Samoan. 



9 



6 

 1 



12 



Tongafiti. 



16 



8 

 1 



5 



28 

 1 1 



30 

 56 



Total. 



135 

 69 

 20 

 80 



304 

 347 



42 



207 



76 



73 



73 

 20 

 26 

 24 



398 

 59 



43 

 67 



594 



599 



34 

 31 

 14 

 54 



42 

 32 

 29 



51 



191 

 290 



145 

 202 



33 

 21 



154 

 89 



828 

 236 



193 



229 



1715 



Paumotu showing in the same relation; 1,122 in the Marquesas, 65 per 

 cent, as against the 48 per cent exhibited by the Paumotu. The rela- 

 tions of the two languages with Rapanui are practically equal in the 

 sum. The Paumotu and the Mangarevan have in common 583 voca- 

 bles, this being 42 per cent of the former language and 34 per cent of the 

 latter. In general we conclude that the Paumotu leans toward Tahiti 

 by practically the same angle as marks the inclination of Mangareva 

 toward the Marquesas. 



In continuation of this study of the parallelism of Mangareva with its 

 neighbor languages we set a group of tables showing the position of its 

 common element in reference to the position of the identification, first 

 dealing with all Southeast Polynesia. 



Table 10. 



