Tuoxsox.—Whence of the Maori. 
Tongan. 
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Malay. 
FUTURE MN SE. 
SINGU 
Teu and keu alu—I shall or will go. 
DUA 
Te or ke ma alu—we two shall or will go. 
dis mau purgi—I shall, etc. 
Kita dua mau purgi—we two, ete. 
URAL, 
Te or ke mau alu—we shall or will go. 
Kita mau purgi— we shall, etc. 
IMPERATIVE Моор. 
SINGULAR 
Alu koe—go thou. 
Pu rgi angkau—go thou. 
DUAL. 
Alu akimoua—go you two. 
Purgi angkau dua—go you two. 
PLURAL 
Alu akimoutolu—go ye. 
Purgi kamu—go ye. 
ME. soe 
Alu or ke alu—to go. 
—to go. 
Of adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and sions no remarks are called for 
further than that there are some wo ords, 
languages. 
or nearly similar words, common to both 
General Е on Ње above branch will be better left til near the 
conclusion of this paper. 
I will therefore proceed to the next step, viz, à 
consideration of the idioms of the Malagasi and Malayan tongues, as follows :— 
IDIOMATIC COMPARISON. 
Malagasi. 
The emphasis is placed on the pen 
mate of тонат and on the anti- cl 
ee of trisyllables and polysyllables, 
Voninàhitra— glory. 
Fanjàkana— kingdom. 
Malay. 
emphasis is RAMS on the penulti- 
wie ‘of eds 
aves alan 
n—fores 
But in the case of ei and poly- SD 
accent serva with the M 
Saràwak—Sera 
resting 
Bagian—gilt. 
Habeskan—finish. 
ORTHOGRAPHY. 
Having no literature, when Roman let- 
ters are used tw: omi -one suffice, usa of 
which are consonants and five are vowels, 
Beh 8 OS i bhht mh 
1j » 1, 0, y, š 
Having rowed irom fe As i pee its 
wels, viz., a, b, t, d, r as ie P: 
h, E, g, l, m, n, w, o, W, И 
ETYMOLOGY. 
A great portion of the roots of both languages can be traced to monosyllables and 
dissyllables, as— 
Lo—corrupt. 
Dee P 
Roots, in gen 
or adv erb 
stantives fear mI 
by adding a ADR or ка pei e, or тз s чайла 
ing the last syllable, аз: sotro—drink ; 
Malagasi v 
NOTE.— 
Buso—rotten. 
Mintak—ask. 
y be nouns, adjectives, or verbs. 
former ge — ag y sal 
нее 
When the 
xing a vowel, as : 
mula or mula-i—to commence. 
abulary, when used as a termination to a word, has 
English. 
in the 
the same Sod as i on the йан of Europe огеш 
