‘THE SAKAI AND SEMANG DIALECTS. —4s 
“ual plants, etc.,) that in any case corresponding expressions 
“for them could hardly be expected. Finally it must be pointed 
“out that in these prefix-languages it is most difficult to find 
“corresponding words in dictionaries which are arranged al- 
‘“phabetically according to the initial letters of the words, and 
“that our vocabularies of a part at least of the Mon-Khmer 
‘languages are by no means complete.” 
The words showing similarity are next arranged in groups as 
follows:—Nouns: 18 such as God, Thunder, Night, Rain, Stone, 
Fire, etc.; 8 such as Tree, Flower, Rice ; 21 such as Douce, Fly, 
Ege, Dog, Elephant, Rhinoceros, etc.; 18 such as Man, Stranger, 
Wife, Aunt, Nephew, etc.; 33 suchas Blood, Hair. Mouth. Neck, 
Belly, Elbow, etc.; and 13 such as Clothing, Arrow, Knife, Stick, 
_ etc.; Verbs: 61 includin 2 to go, give, sleep, fasten, see, sit, turn back, 
cry, call, speak, drink, etc.; and 33 Adjectivesand Adverbs: such as 
many, white, with, bad, sweet, cold, etc. The author continues: — 
“The compreliensive manner in which all kinds of correspondences 
‘are represented and more especially in which the names for 
“almost all parts of the human body show agreement and finally 
“the large number of indentities in verbs and adjectives leave, 
‘‘in so far as an examination of the grammatical relations of the 
“two groups of languages offers no obstacle, one conclusion 
“only, viz:—that there exists an inward and intimate condition 
“between the Sakai and Semang languages and those of the Mon- 
‘** Khmer.” 
The author next points out that there is a small number of 
words occurring in many Sakai and Semang dialects for which no 
corresponding words can be found in Mon-Khmer, but he asserts 
that the existence of these can not disturb the conclusion drawn 
from the total result more especially as further search in the 
more out-of-the way dialects of Mon-Khmer may yet reveal them. 
He then continues: —‘ As against these however great stress must 
“be laid on the part that for those particular words which con- 
“stitute the difference between Semang and Sakai no parallels 
“can be found. If therefore we can rely upon our knowledge 
“of the Mon-Khmer vocabulary it is very remarkable that it is 
“these words and these (so to speak) alone which fail us. 
“When further we bear in mind that the words in question are 
‘such as ate in constant usein every day life it seams most im- 
. A. Soe., No. 39, 1003. 
