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EASTER ISLAND. 



Bishop or where the definitions were more complete ; the total from this 

 source has been, however, so small that it may be neglected in the arith- 

 metic of the speech. We are in possession of 2,043 identifications, 



restricted or general, of Tahiti vocables, 33 per cent of the language ; for 

 comparison we point to the identification of 52 per cent of the Paumotu 

 and 26 per cent of Mangarevan. The occurrence of the several iden- 

 tifications is interesting. 



Table 16. 



Southeast Polynesia 



Polynesian 



Proto-Samoan 



Tongafiti 



These figures are gross, the unaccented percentages of Tahiti con- 

 sidered without regard of the division which hitherto we have found 

 instructive, the source division into Rapanui affiliates and these which 

 no connection with that remote outpost. 



We discover 592 vocables which Tahiti has in common with Rapanui, 

 30 per cent (now as before resting our ratings on identifiable speech 

 figures) of the former language, 51 per cent of the latter; with this 30 

 per cent we set in comparison the 38 per cent of Mangarevan and the 34 

 per cent of the Paumotu. 



The subdivision of the common element of Tahiti in other languages 

 of the province is interesting. Table 17 on page 117 sets forth the 



