8 The Oceanic Languages Shemitic : 



18. Comparison. The Pronoun of the First Person. 



Separate Pronoun, Singular. 



Aneiteum, ainyak Phenician, aneh 



Fate, Jcinau (for ki naku) 



Api, nangka (naka) 



Bauro, inau (inaku) 



Esp. Santo, naw (naku) 



Malay, aktt 



Samoan, 'o a'u (ko aku) 



Malagasy, izaho (iz ako) 



Lifu, eni 



Ambrym, ni 



Mallicollo, hena (k ena) 



Assyrian, anacu 

 „ anku 

 Hebrew, anoki 



Hebrew, ani (anoki) 

 Ethiopic, ana (anaku) 

 Arabic, ana (for anaku) 



Verbal Pronoun. 



Esp. Santo, ka Ethiopic, ku 



Aneiteum, ek 



Mahaga, ku (cf. Malay ku) 



Tongan, te 

 Fate, a 

 Tanna, ya 

 Mallicollo, ni 



Hebrew, ti (t for k) 

 Arabic, &;c., a 



Mod. Syriac, in 

 Nominal Suffix. 



Fate, gu 

 Malay, ku 

 -Malagasy, ko 

 Esp. Santo, u 

 Laman (off Api), o 



19. Plural. 



Hebrew, &;c,, i 

 Assyrian, ya, a, and i 



Separate Pronoun. 



Esp. Santo, anaon Hebrew, anu (anum) 



Fate, kinaTYhi 



Fate, nigami (nikuoni) 



Malay, kami 



Malagasy, iz-ahay (aku-u) 



Lifu, nihunie Arabic, nahhnu 



Lifu, eahuni Mod. Syriac, ahhni 



Mallicollo, kooi (riti) (dia- 

 lect of Sasoon Bay, east 

 side) 



