Тномѕох. — Whence of the Maori. lv 
aspirates to the Maori two, one dento-labial to the Maori none, and four 
dento-palatals to the Maori two. 
Labial. — Palatal. Dental. Aspirate. Dento-labial. Dento-palatal. 
Mus e. 5, p, m k, g d, t À, w, y f P w £ f 
Mao; as в р t h, w n, T 
The беш of this on the languages will be seen by the following examples :— 
Huka, agree, in Maori, becomes suka in Malay. 
Ahi, fire, in Maori, becomes api in Malay 
Hua, fruit, in Maori, becomes bua in Malay. 
Huruhuru, hair, in Maori, becomes bulubulu in Malay. 
Kohatu, stone, in Maori, becomes batu in Malay. 
Mahana, warm, in Maori, becomes panas in Malay. 
Ngahuru, ten, in Maori, becomes sapulu in Malay. 
Rima, five, in Maori, becomes lima in Malay. 
Tohutohu, direct, in Maori, becomes tuju in Malay. 
and so on. Thus, with a knowledge of the. bases of RORE in different 
languages, one radical may be traced (even though it may assume a different 
form) to great distances. The cause is seen in the result, so, because the 
Maoris have no letter b, they pronounce bua as hua, etc., yet the radical, 
wherever it germinated, was common to both. 
Again, by comparing several sentences in each language, we find that in 
Malay vowels are to consonants as 100 : 122, against 100 : 63 in Maori. This 
indicates a wide difference in articulation, due no doubt to, the approach of the 
Malay to the consonantal languages of Asia, from whence they borrowed. 
Hence Malay is phonetically more forcible in expression than the languages of 
Polynesia. 
Malagasi and Malay. 
The Malagasi language, as stated before, has five vowels and sixteen con- 
sonants. Comparing the latter with Malay, each have three labials, two 
sibilants, two palatals, and two dentals ; the Malagasi has one aspirate to three 
in the Malay, two dento-labials for one of Malay, each having four dento- 
palatals. я their orthography rests оп a nearly equal basis, as below :— 
МИТ Palatal. Dental. Aspirate. ^ Dento-labial, uy ama 
Malay ... Hes k, g d, t b, ш, y 7 ьт 
Malagasi 0, р, m 5, z E, g d, t h KA ә,” 
The effects of this will be seen in the phonology, thus :— 
Toaka, toddy, in Malagasi, becomes tuwak in Malay. 
Ova, change, in Malagasi, becomes ubah in Malay. 
Ovy, yam, in Malagasi, becomes ubi in Malay. 
Vono, kill, in Malagasi, becomes buno in Malay. 
Voa, fruit, in Malagasi, becomes dua in Malay. 
Rivotra, wind, in Malagasi, becomes ribut in Malay. 
and so on. Hence the sameriginal expressions are clothed in the articulation 
peculiar to each language, so as to conceal their identity until the principle of 
their construction is set forth 
