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PHILOLOGY. 



Chikailish) proper, and the Kwenaiwitl, in like manner, are north of the Kwaiantl, not 

 far from the entrance to the Straits of Fuca. 



More attention was given to the grammatical peculiarities of this extensive family of 

 languages, than to those of any other, and the result was to place the affinities which 

 prevail between them in a much clearer light than could have been effected by the mere 

 comparison of words. This will appear from the following table of pronominal affixes, 

 in several of the most dissimilar idioms : 



SHUSHWAF. SKLISH. 



tgituf. tsltuft. house 



ntgituy. intsituf. my house 



antgituy.* antsUuy.* thy house 



tgitu^s tsituy.s his house 



kuf.tgituy.s kaetsitu?.s our house 



tsituyiump your house 



tsiitu/.s their house 



TSIHAILISH. NSIETSHAWUS. 



)c.a snendwen house 



tunufi,ag tunsnendwen my house 



luf.dg tisnendwen thy house 



tey.dgs tasnenawenus his house 



te^dgtgitf.1 tasnenaweniut'jd our house 



tey.dgilup tasnenawelti your house 



tey.dgs tasnenawenus their house 



It is evident that the t which commences the word in the last two is not an integral 

 part of the pronoun : it may therefore be omitted in the comparison. The affixes will 

 then be as follows : 



NSIETSHAWUS. 



un my 



i thy 



ITS his 



iutfl our 



lu your 



us their 



The Nsietshawus differs more widely, in its vocabulary, from what may be called the 

 general type of the family, than any of the others. One of the most striking points of 

 difference is its rejection of all the labial articulations. Sometimes it adopts peculiar 

 words, instead of those which contain these elements ; but frequently it supplies the place 

 of m or b by a w, and that of p by an h, as in the following examples : 



* The an becomes a before a consonant ; as, aslitylam, thy canoe. 



