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ance have led many enquirers to consider them as a race distinct 

 from the Malays and the tribes inhabiting the neighbouring islands, 

 must have been indebted to some common parent-stock for the 

 language they now possess. Consider the following comparative 

 table of Suluk, Malay, and Dyak words, a table which might 

 readily be extended, but which is sufficient for our purpose. 



COMPARATIVE TABLE. 



This table places the Suluk language in close connection with 

 that of the Dyaks. It would be easy to construct a similar table 

 to prove its identity with the Tagala language. 



It is time, then, that the medium of intercourse with these 

 nations, the various dialects spoken among the islands, should 



