1608 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 
The Georgian does not exhibit the Aztec ¢/, but, as it is regarded 
by Professor Sayce as the living language most likely to represent 
the speech of the ancient Hittites, a brief comparison of its forms 
Like the Lesghian 
it is impatient of initial vowels, and it generally agrees with that 
language in the laws of phonetis change, adding, however, this pecu- 
liarity, the occasional insertion of v before /. 
with those of the Aztec may not be out of place. 
The v seems generally 
to represent wu, or some similar vowel sound, and is probably such a 
corruption of the original as appears in the Samivel of Pickwick 
compared with the orthodox Samuel. 
COMPARISON OF AZTEC AND GEORGIAN FORMS. 
ENGLISH. AZTEC. PHONETIC CHANGE. GEORGIAN. ILLUSTRATIONS. 
fowl tototl totol, totor dedali totolin, Sonora 
red chichiitic chichiltie tziteli tsatsal, Kamtchatdale 
blood eztli ezli, ezri sischli odol, Basque 
ehri, Dacotah 
house ealli calli sachli cari, caliki, Sonora 
mountain quautla kaula, kaura gora kkollo, Aymara 
horn quaquauitl kakaul, kakaur akra quajra, a 
sheep icheatl icheal, ichear tschehuri ccaora, S 
wind ehecatl eheeal, ehecar kari heleala, Sonora 
heart yullotl yullol, yullor gulu gullugu, Kamtchatdale 
girl ocuel ocuel” okurza, kali okulosoha, Choetaw 
dog yzcuintli izkili, izkiri dzagli, djogori schari, Shoshonese 
nose yacatl hacal, hacar zchviri surra, Basque 
cher, Pueblos 
hair tzontli tzoli, tzori tavere (beard) tsheron, Kamtchatdale 
moon metztli metzh, metzri mtvare muarr, Shoshonese 
silver teo-quitlat] kilal, kilar kvartshili cilarra, Basque 
shouider te-puztli puzli, puzri mchari buhun, Lesghtan 
tomorrow muztli muzli, muzri michar mayyokal, Yuma 
leg metztli metzli, metzri muchli ametche, fs 
to kill miclia miclia mokluli wakeriu, enkerio, Iroquois 
mother nantli nali, nari nana nourha, Iroquois 
snow cepayauitl cepayauil, cepayauir _ tovli repaliki, Sonora 
snake cohuatl coval, covar gveli toeweroe, Shoshonese 
boy tepii-tzin tepil shvili tiperic, Sonora 
lightning tlapetlani lapelani elvai illappa, Quichua 
wilhyap, Puma 
leaf jiatla-pallo iala-pallo, iala-parro —_—-pur-zeli bil-tlel, Kumtchatdale 
small tzocoton tzocoton katon cikadang, Dacotah 
man oquichthi okichli, okichri ankodj oonquich, Iroquois 
oiakotsh, Koriak 
guru, Aino 
aycootch, Yuma 
ecari, Quichua 
The Circassian language abounds in labials, and thus finds its best 
Neverthe- 
less it presents many words which come under the same general laws 
in relation to the Aztec that have characterized the Lesghian and 
American representatives among the Dacotah dialects. 
Georgian. 
