218 Languages of the various tribes inhabiting the [March, 



Comparison. — Adjectives admit of no inflections expressive of the 

 degrees of comparison. A person or thing is therefore described as 

 possessing some quality beyond another, or more than all ; and for this 

 purpose the word Chin, than, is added to the adjective, and the substan- 

 tive with which the comparison is made is put in the genitive case. 

 Instead of the sign of the genitive case, the euphonic particle Bo is some- 

 times used. Thus, Gedet, great. Bini gedet chin, or Binbo gedet chin, 

 greater than this. 



Boino, all. Boini gedet chin, or Boindbo gedet chin, greater than all. 



Gra, hard. Bini gra chin, harder than this. Sarni gra chin, harder 

 than iron. Boini, or Boindbo gra chin, hardest of all. 



Numerals. 



The following is the cardinal series of numbers extending only to 10. 

 When it is necessary to reckon beyond this number, the Kacharis adopt 

 the numeral system of the Bengalis. 



1. Che. 



2. Nai, or Gni. 



3. Tham. 



4. Bre. 



5. Ba. 



When applied to human beings, the particle Sa, is prefied to the nu- 

 merals, when applied to other animals, Ma ; to inanimate objects, Thai ; 

 to trees, &c. Phang : to articles enumerated by pieces, Gang. With 

 the addition of these prefixes, the numeral may either precede or follow 

 the noun. Ex. Manse sanai, two men. Burma, mabre, four goats 

 Phitai thairo, six fruits, &c. 



Of Pronouns. 



The Personal pronouns are Ang, I; Nang, thou; and Bi, he; with 



their plurals Jang, or Jang-phur, we; Nangsur, ye; and Bisur, they. 



No distinction is made on account of gender. They are declined like 



the nouns. 



1st Person. 

 Singular. Plural. 



Nom. Ang, I. Nom. Jang, or Jangphur, we. 



Gen. Angni, mine. Gen. Jangni, ours. 



Dat. Angnd, or Angniha, to me. Dat. Jangno, to us. 



Abl. Angniphrai, from me. Abl. Jangniphrai, from us. 



Ace. Angkhd, me. Ace. Jangkhd, us. 



6. 



R6. 



7. 



Sni. 



8. 



Jat. 



9. 



Chku. 



10. 



Ji. 



