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Next we shall compare the mutation series of the consonants in 

 Indonesia with the variants observed in the Pacific areas as set 

 forth in the tables in each of the two preceding chapters. The 

 results of such comparison fall under the several following classes : 



k-ns 



n-ng 



Indonesian-Polynesian. 



I nil ones ia n -Mela n est a n . 



We shall forward our understanding of whatever interrelation 

 may exist among these three several language groups by a more 

 detailed examination of each of these classes. If there be any valid- 

 ity in the theory that the three families are descendants of a com- 

 mon parent we should look for confirmatory evidence in the amount 

 of their concord in mutation principles. This can be made to appear 

 only in a detailed examination. 



In Polynesia we have seen the palatals to be subject to but slight 

 derangement. In the case of ng the more frequent mutations are 

 of the form ng-n and ng — . Only the former extends through all 

 these families. In Polynesia it is normal in Hawaii, the western 



