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LANGUAGES OF SOUTHERN INDO-CHINA. 



peculiar character of their relation to the Malayo-Polynesian 

 family of languages quite sufficiently for the present purpose. 

 The numerals, which are very characteristic, are as fol- 



lows 



One 

 Two 



Three 



Four 



Five 



Six 



Seven 



Eight 



Nine 

 Ten 



Cham. 



thaa, sa 



dvaa, dva 



klau 



pak 



limceu 



nam 



tijuh 



dalapan 

 (thalapan,! 

 < salapan, >• 

 (samilan \ 

 Uha pluh, ) 

 (sa pluh ) 



Cancho. Rode. 



sa 



doa 



clou 



pac 



lema 



nam 



tuchu 



salapan 



sa 



doa 



to 



pac 



ema 



nam 



cachu 



sapan 



CJtreai. 



sa 



toa 



clou 



pac 



lema 



nam 



tuchu 



repan 



Selling. 



cha, chet 



twa 



tahlow 



pat 



lemah 



nam 



loojoo 



wahiow 



doalapan doapan toapan chowai 



Eleven sapluh sa 



Twelve saplu dva 

 Twenty dva pluh 

 Hundred ratuh 

 Thousand ribfiu 



saplu 

 saplu sa 



plu 

 plu sa 



plu 



taplaw 



plu sa 



plu toa 

 toa plu 

 retus 



J taplaw -cha 

 "j taplaw -chet 

 saplu doa plu doa plu toa ta plaw-twa 

 doa plu doa plu toa plu twa plaw 

 [Not giveii] retus allataw 



[Not given] ha repou [appan] 



The tit-* forms in Cham belong to the Binh Thuan, the 

 s-forms to the Camboja, dialect. Presumably the double 

 forms in Selung are also dialectic variants. The spelling of Se- 

 lling is the old fashioned English, that of Cham the modern 

 scientific system f ; as to the rest, they are collected by 

 French authorities but I am not quite clear on what system they 

 are spelt. 



These words are interesting as exhibiting a numeral system 

 which, though unquestionably and obviously Malayan, is in some 



* This* th- is the English sound in thing. Some dialects of 

 Achinese also turn s- into th- in this way. 



I Slightly modified by the French tendencies of the trans! iterator. 

 His o = w his (c = a sound varying between the vowels of Fr. coeur 

 and vobu, or the two <:a in Fr. leureux. But u is the real a (Fr. on); 

 osu is a lengthening of os. 



Jour. Straits Branch. 



