44 THE SAKAI AND SEMANG DIALECTS. 
‘probable that their parallels will be found in these Mon-Khmer 
‘languages of which we have at present any knowledge and it 
‘‘may be regarded as very doubtful indeed if any entirely new 
‘‘branch of these languages will be discovered which will supply 
‘the deficiencies. It seems therefore very probable that we have 
‘in these words a remnant of the former Semang-Negrito-lang- 
“uage. IPf that is really the case then further and more exhaus- 
‘tive research will certainly reveal still more material of the 
‘¢same kind. May this be a keen incentive to those who are in 
‘a position to make such researches to commence them without 
“delay before the rapidly advancing disappearance of these races 
‘‘ render further proof ever impossible! Perhaps we may be able to 
‘‘ oppose some positive facts to that wave of theories which has 
'‘* burst over these poor Negritoes!” 
The next eighteen pages are occupied with a close com- 
parison of the ‘““Grammatik” of the two groups: The following 
conclusions are drawn :— 
(i) The sounds are in essentials the same. 
(ii) The word-formation follows the same laws. 
(iii) The personal pronoun shows as much identity as can 
be expected. 
(iv) Pronouns and adverbs are in essentals demonstra- 
tively the same. 
(v) The syntactical relations of nouns, adjectives and 
verbs are the same. 
vi) The numeral is the same in form and construction. 
The author continues:—‘“‘ Against these resemblances and 
‘identities no important divergencies are as yet opposed. When 
‘¢ we consider them in conjunction with the wide spread identities 
‘¢in the vocabulary we are justified in concluding that the Sakai 
“and Semang languages are intimately related with the Mon- 
‘Khmer languages and must be regarded as a member of that 
“family. In the case of the Sakai languages this conclusion can 
‘be pushed further. When we consider the physical resemb- 
* Jances between the Sakai and the Mon-Khmer peoples we are 
2s | eee in. saying that the language now spoken by. the Sakai 
«“ was the original Sakai language.” 
: The author then gives the following four physical charac- 
teristics of the Mon- Khmer people:— ia 
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