26 The Oceanic Languages Sheonitic : 



7 



Arru 



duhem, 



with saham, Sabaean 



8 



Gilolo 



itupcongi, 



with tamdni 



9 



Celebes 



sio, 



with sa'ah 



Thus in the compound words for 6-9 the literary Shemitic 

 uses only the articles s and t, while the Oceanic and Red Sea 

 group use other articles, as I and k, as well as s and t The 

 difference between la-tes and sedes is simply that of the two 

 mutually equivalent articles s and I ; while temhi (semhi), 

 and sehe {semhe), itupangi (itumani) and tamani, and sio 

 and sa^ah are absolutely identical (if we except slight pho- 

 netic changes), and have even the same article. In the word 

 for 7 the literary Shemitic differs from the Red Sea group, 

 and agrees with some of the Oceanic dialects (see § 11, 4), in 

 never using the article with the word for 2 in the final or 

 second part of the compound. This final part is he in Ethio- 

 pic sehe, and hi in Vanikoro temhi, identical with Samang he^ 

 Karon we, Tongan ua, Tanna -u and mi, Aneiteum -o, and 

 ohwa-t, Tagala -wva, Papua Kowiay -oma, and MallicoUo 

 ua, and va{-n), 2. 



§ 13, 1. The Numeral 6. See § 4, 1, § 6. 

 With a prefixed article the same or different. 



§11- 



lates (lim-tes) sedes, Eth. 



Use,rora, rarcb (sem-des) 



tchouo shesh, Heb. 



dzha, Galla 

 su-kai (sum-kai) suggoor, Bishari 



(sum-gat) 

 lolom (lion-lo-m) lelehe, Danakil 



(leTYi-lehe) 



leh, Shiho 



Without a prefixed article. 



§11-- 



hitai, oroi, ora, ari (ima- yitah, Sokotra 



tai) (yima-tah) 

 ehetoe, hata-in, hutanga 



malong, hoi, vano Same as Arabic, only wanting 

 onong, ono, eni initial s 



enina, anam 



