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thii'd pers. sing, in Yui'ak is jea, in Ostiak-Sanioiede, i, in Jakut a, 

 in Turkish, i, in Tchiglil, it is a. A suffix of the first pei-s. sing, is 

 in Ost.-Sam., k, in Tchligit, aga. With regai'd to possessive suffixes 

 we find, second pers. sing., in Tawgy, na, in Jui-ak, n, in Yeneseian, 

 no, in Kamass, nan, in Ostiak and Wogul w, in Jakut and Turkish, 

 n, and in Tchiglit, n, an, in, en ; third pei's. sing., in Ost.-Sam., t, d 

 in Kamass., t, Ostiak, t, in Tchiglit, at ; first person plural, in Ostiak, 

 et, Tchiglit, at, ait, Wogul, oo, Ost., u, uch, Tchiglit, aiout. In the 

 verb we find the pronoun, suffix of the first per. sing., in Kott. ;/, ««, 

 in Tchiglit, una, Mordwin, n. Third jjers. plu., Finn, Mordwin, 

 Tcheremish, Wogul, t, iht, Tchiglit, ut, eit, oat, etc. 



In the declension of nouns besides the dual and plural already 

 enumerated, the following resemblances are apparent. An accusative 

 ending in Wogul, is me, in Tcheremish, 7n, in Tchiglit, mik ; a 

 locative in Finnish in na, Tchiglit, ne ; a genitive in Buriat in uiti, 

 Tchiglit, m ; a locative in Japanese, ni, Tchiglit, ne, ni ; genitive in 

 Finnish in n, Samoied, w, Tchiglit, m, etc. 



These grammatical resemblances and the large number of words 

 common to the two groups of language, form, I think, a reasonable 

 ground for the advancement of the views I have set forth elsewhere, 

 as well as in this paper, as to the relations which exist between the 

 languages of the Arctic tribes of America and those of the so-called 

 Turanians of Northern Asia. 



