C. The Maya y becomes r in Cakehiquel : 

 Maya : cay fish Cakch : car. 



7-ax^ etc. 



Future inquiries will lead us to the discovery of the strict 

 laws which rule the etymological affinity between the various 

 branches of the Maya family. Here I must limit myself to the 

 above given examples which may show the reader that such 

 phonetic laws really exist and, I may add, that a similar " Laut- 

 vershiebung " can be shown between the languages of the Mam- 

 group on one side, and the Maya and Quiche languages on the 

 other. 



Thirdly, there remains an extensive amount of Cakehiquel 

 roots which do not seem to bear any direct alliance to the Maya 

 words, but to have sprung from a distinct source. Most of these 

 roots also occur in the two remaining groups of Guatemala 

 idioms, i. e. in the Pokonchi and the Mam languages. After 

 having got better acquainted with all the languages of Maya 

 origin, we may undoubtedly hope to reduce the number of roots 

 which now form this third group, to a considerable extent, and 

 to discover affinities which, at present, are hidden. We shall 

 even be able, perhaps, to point out the elements, which previously 

 were strange to the Maya, and form the last remains of idioms 

 preceding the Maya invasions in Guatemala. 



After these short introductory remarks I shall proceed to 

 comment on the " Grammar of the Cakehiquel Language " with a 

 few notes, to which I had been invited by its learned editor. 



p. 7. Introduction. " GozumelguajMni." The orthography now 

 generally adopted in official papers and maps in Guatemala is 

 Cotzumalguapam. The name is evidently of Nahuatl origin, and 

 means, according to Buschmann,j' near the rainbow ivater, from 



* f[Or is the usual word for aiole, a beverage made of corn and sugared water, 

 t Buschmaun, Ueber die aztekisehen Ortsnameu, p. 799. 



