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in Syriac hau, a difference only in the rough breathing prefixed to 

 the latter, while the terminations in both, as far as can be traced, are 

 probably contracted forms of the personal pronouns. 



The structure of the personal pronouns in Egyptian is decidedly 

 Semitic, and strongly supports the race unity, as well as linguistic 

 unity, of the ancient Egyptians, the Semites of the Arabian Peninsula, 

 Palestine and Syria, and the Semitic Assyrians and Babylonians, 

 who occupied the Euphrates and Tigris valley. 



The Egyptian personal pronouns are : 



Pl. 



we 

 you 



they 



The Hebrew pronouns are : 



Sing. 



Anochi I 



attah thou 



Hu he 



Hi she 



The Egyptian relative pronoun is Ma. 



The Hebrew relative pronoun is Mah and Mi. 



The Assyrian relative pronoun is Man-nu, Man, Ma-a and Mi. 



On examination of the substantives there is evidence, in their root 

 form and grammatical structure, of unity of origin in the Egyptian 

 and Semitic languages. There are only two genders in Egyptian, 

 masculine and feminine. This is so also in Assyrian, Hebrew, and 

 other Semitic tongues. 



The feminine termination in Egyptian is f^ , t. 



The feminine termination in Hebrew is ath. 



The feminine termination in Assyrian is atu, itu, etu. 



In Egyptian the plural is formed by adding u, or iu to the singular^ 

 as Ta the land, Tau the two lands. Suten a king, Suteniu kings. 



