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Notes of the Karen Language. 



[No. 2. 







Numebals 







English 



Sgau 



Pwo 





JBghai 



Bed Karen 



One 



Ta 



La 





Ta 



Ta 



Two 



Khie 



me 





Kie 



Ne 



Three 



Then 



Thung 



Theu, or 



teu Theu 



Pour 



Lwie 



Lie 





Hwie 



Lwie 



Five 



Yay 



Yay 





Yay 



Nya 



Six 



Khu 



Khoo 





Theutho 



Theutho 



Seven 



Nwie 



Nwe 





Theuthota Theuthota 



Eight 



Kho 



Kho 





Lwietho 



Lwietho 



ISine 



Khwie 



Khwie 



Lwiethota Lwiethota 



Ten 



Tahsie 



Lahsie 



Tashie 



Tashe 



Eleven 



Tahsieta 



Lahsiela 



Tashieta 



Tasheta 



Twenty 



Khiehsie 



Niehsie 



Kieshie 



Neshe 



Hundred 



Takaya 



Laya 





Takayay 



Tayay 



Thousand 



Takahto 



Lahtaung 



Takahtan 



l Tarie 



Taru 



Mopgha 





Toungthu 



Remarks 



Mau 



La 





Ta 





Tal. mu-a 



Neu 



Schheu 





Nie 





Shan, htsoung 



Tu 



Teu 





Thung 





Tibet, sum 



Lwie 



Lwie 





Leet 





Limbu. lish 



Gnay 



Zay 





Gnat 





Bur. gna 



Hso 



Khu 





Thu 







Nway 



Um 





Nwot 





Limbu. nush 



Hsoo 



Kho 





That 





Lepcha Jcakeu 



Kwie 



Khwie 





Koot 





Shan, howt 



Hseu 



Lashie 





Tasie 



Tasieta 



L 



Chin. shi. The first 

 root is one. 





Schheushie 



Niesie 







Aya 



Laza 





Talyea 







Alie 



Lahto 











Eemark. 



In this paper oo represents 



5 the English sound. 







ay 



J5 



?? 









e 



„ the Continental ,, 



eu ,, „ „ 



The long and short vowels are not distinguished, nor are the in- 

 tonations which distinguish words in Karen that have the same 

 vowel. For the general comparison of languages, it has not been 

 deemed necessary to distinguish them, and to do so would involve 

 the use of many diacritical marks which would confuse the manu- 

 script. 



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