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ON THE LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE 



them, are at present obsolete among the Barmas of 

 AvOy but the majority of them are to be found in the 

 Barma writings, and the Tanengsari are therefore 

 reckoned to use an obsolete dialect, rather than a pe- 

 culiar language. I have already mentioned in what 

 respects the Barma and Rukheng are related to each 

 other. The following comparative list of terms will 

 show more particularly the extent of their difference 

 in current use. 



