Comparative Vocabulary. 



English. 



Father 



Father 



Child 



Son 



Grand-child 



Aboriginal dialects of 

 the Malay Peninsula. 



Indo-Chinese 

 languages and dialects. 



Family relationships.^ 



iku>i (Besisi) kunh (Samre) 



ikun (Benua; 



ita (Endau) 



knon (Besisi) 

 knon (Johor) 

 kenod (Senoi) 



kon (Perak Semang) 



kanun (Benua) 



kunh (For) 

 conh (Cuoi) 

 'kvLiiy (Chong-) 



ta (Old Khmer) 

 [^g-rand -father] 



kon (Mon) 

 con (Khmer) 

 con (Annam) 

 con (Cat) 

 con (Souc) 

 con (Soue) 



ken (Old Khmer) 

 ken (Samre) 

 ken ([Chong) 



II. Parts cf the body. 



Arm (biceps) bleg" (Besisi) bleng (SoueJ 



Back 



beling (Benua) 

 baling (Semang) 



chelon (Besisi) 



khnang (KhmerJ 



8. A number of words of relationship are so similar in the Mon- 

 Annam and I^Ialayan groups that no safe conclusion can be drawn as to the 

 origin of mary of the forms in the aboriginal dialects which resemble them ; 

 they have therefore been omitted here. 



