SOME NOTES ON THE SAKAI DIALECTS. I9 



Lengkuas near Blanja, but its representatives differed very 

 considerably in physical characteristics from the Semang of 

 Ulu Perak, and the Pangan of Ulu Kelantan and Ulu Pahang. 

 The following are the numerals in use among these Se- 

 mang : — 



English. Semang of Sadang. 



One Nai 



Two Beh 



Three Pat 



Four Sa-beh 



In other respects, however, this dialect was even more 

 primitive than any Sakai language with which I am acquaint- 

 ed, no word being used for " male," " female " and many 

 other elementary expressions. 



As I trust that I have now been able to establish the near 

 connection between the Sen-oi and Tem-be' dialects, I pro- 

 pose, in the following table, to give examples of twenty words 

 found in four Sakai dialects collected in Perak and Pahang, 

 which will, in my opinion, support my contention that the 

 isolated or the scattered Sakai clans all speak languages 

 w T hich have a common origin, and which are closely connect- 

 ed one with another. Of the Sakai of the sea-coast, if indeed 

 these people are really Sakai, and not some other race, I do 

 not profess to treat, as I have had few opportunities of gain- 

 ing any sufficient knowledge concerning them. The Sakai 

 who speak the dialects, to which the table printed below re- 

 fers, are all hill-tribes, or land Sakai, and all present the same 

 physical characteristics which I have described in an earlier 

 paragraph of this paper : — 



English. Sen-oi. Tem-be' . Blanja dialect. Slim dialect. 



i To sit 



Gu-i 



Gul 



Gu-i 



Ger-i 



2 That 



Jih 



Nah 



Jih 



Jih 



3 Recently; just 



Pai 



Pai 



Pai 



Pai 



4 To throw away 



Weh 



Gas 



Gas 



Gas 



5 A pig 



Gau 



Gaur 



Gau 



Gau 



6 To bring 



En 



En 



En 



An 



7 A rhinoceros 



A-gap 



A-gap 



A-gap 



Se-jap 



