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Comparison of Asiatic Languages. [^ 



\.UQ. 



English. 



Tibetan. 



Japanese. 



Chinese Characters. 



Night, 



m,tshan mo, 



af&W 



yoru, 



yey, fe 



*43 



Oil, 



h.bru mar, 



Qy »(X 



abura, 



j** yfi 



44 



Plantain 



, k61a, Hind, 



*r$t 



bashiyo, 



tsiau, ^||F 



*45 



River, 



g,tsang po, 



e\£^% 



kawa, 



idang, %£ 



46 



Road, 



lam, 



Q]*( 



michi, 



M. S§ 



47 



Salt, 



tssha, 



* 



shiwo, 



yen, ^ 



48 



Skin, 



pa^s pa, 



q*i*r^ 



kiwi, 



Pi, ]£ 



49 



Sky, 



nam m,khah. 



WWPQ 



sora, 



t sing >f|rv— fr* 50 

 tien, ^ /^ 



Snake, 



s,brul, 





hebi, 



she, ^ 



51 



Star, 



skar ma, 



hoshi, 



sing, J|^ 



52 



Stone, 



r,do, 



X 



ishi, 



sheh, ^ZT 



* 53 



Sun, 



nyi ma, 





nichirin, 



yih, g 



54 



Tiger, 



s,tag, 



|*i 



tora, 



* J* 



55 



Tooth, 



60, 





ha, 



* 1^ 



* 56 



Tree, 



l,jon shing, 

 shing, 





Id, 



siu " if 



57 



Village, 



yul tsho, 



!ST<I 



mura, 



hiang, ■#£» 



58 



Water, 



chhu, 



V 



midzu, 



shui, -^ 



59 



Yam, 



dova, 



V 1 * 



tskuneimc 



>, ta shu, — JUl 



[r£ 60 



The sounds of the Chinese are written in accordance with the system 

 published in the Chinese Repository, for February, 1838, and the Japanese 

 after the list of sounds on pages 83, and 101 of the select papers on Ro- 

 manizing published at Serampore. The last i is short in the Japanese 

 words, like y in beauty. The difference between the two kinds of writing 

 is shewn by the two columns of Katakana and Hirakana; the Imattokana 

 is much like the Hirakana. The Japanese employ Chinese characters to 

 express the same ideas as the Chinese, but often call them by a different 

 name. Those marked * were probably derived from a common source, and 

 perhaps there are more. The Chinese sound is often known among the 

 Japanese, but does not seem to be the one most commonly used. 



