1885.] 



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Note 3 : In some other instances there occurs an interchange 

 of vowels between the two languages as in : 



Maya : zinic . ant Cakch : zanic. 



mez. 



uinak. 



camizah. 



hulj etc. 



The second group is formed by words in which certain cov- 

 sonants of the Maya root change into other ones in Cakchiquel. 

 These changes follow regular phonetic laws and bear a strong 

 affinity to the principle of " Lautverschiebung " (Grimm's law), 

 long ago known as an agent of most extensive application in the 

 morphology of the Indo-germanic languages. 



So the Maya n in many instances becomes h in the corres- 

 ponding Cakchiquel root : the Maya t changes into cli in Cak- 

 chiquel and, as Brasseur de Bourbourg already remarked, the 

 Maya y sometimes becomes r in Cakchiquel and its sister lan- 

 guages. 



The following examples may serve to illustrate these changes : 



A. The Maya n becomes h in Cakchiquel 



Maya 



B. The Maya t changes into ch in Cakchiquel : 



Maya : ta obsidian Cakch : chaij. 



te tree che. 



tub saliva chub, 



tuh rotten, putrid cA?//; (pus) 



* The fruit of Tersea gratUsima. 

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