THOMAS] INDIAN LANGUAGES OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA Or 
The Zapotec letters (Pimentel, 1, 321) are: 
ieee (Clg wit ok lm % op Pf tow 2 
Gore Ue 
According to Cordova (73) ¢ (hard) is sometimes used for g; also d 
for ¢, and s for 2. 
From this it may be seen that the following are found in the 
former and wanting in the latter: 
Cai se vos. gs de nd. ine “kh 
though d and s are sometimes used for ¢ and 2. 
In the latter the following are found which are wanting in the 
_ former: 
Ong 
p 7 -th 
These are wide variations for cognate languages. 
Next is given a list of words for comparison. 
take a selected list, such as is commonly used in obtaining vocabu- 
laries, but he has only meager lists of Mixtee words. 
bread (pan) 
dzita 
LIST 
MIXTEC ZAPOTEC 
brother Nani beechebiobi 
» sister kuhua beelda 
father dzutu, yua bixoce, bixooze 
mother dzehe, xi dihi xiflaagaxana 
man yee beni, benni, beniati 
woman nahadzehe benigonnaa, benegonaa 
day yutnaa (manana) chii, gobiicha, chee 
gueta 
teeth noho laya, chitalay, layachita. (Sing.) 
nose dzitu X11 4 
ears tutnu, dzoho tiaga 
forehead tnaa looeaa, loocuaa (of man or beast) 
tree yutme yaga 
hen tenioo berehualache, berezaa (bere?) 
white kuisi nagati, naquichi, yati 
I duhu, ndi naya, a, a 
thou doho, ndo lohui, loy, looy, lo 
we ndoo taono, tono, tona, no 
you (pl.) doho lato, to 
for saha nilani, niiateni 
on dodzo, kodza loo, chiiba, icqui 
between naho late, lahui 
with sihi nil, xii 
nephew dzasi, daxi xinibeecha (m), xinibezaana (f) 
head dzini icqui 
eye tenu bizaalos, loo 
mouth yuhu rua, rohua 
tongue yaa loochi, looche, luuchi 
hand daha naa 
house huahi yuu, yoho 
foot saja niia (pl.) 
8347°—Bull. 44—11—_5 
The author would 
