OCCASIONAL NOTES. I03 



inhabitants of an old Pacific continent ; but the connection 

 between the Indonesian and Polynesian languages is now- 

 becoming more generally recognised. The numerals furnish 

 perhaps the best illustration of this relationship. ^ 



R. J. W. 



* The Indonesian numerals can be found in the following works, most of 

 which are in the Society's Library ■, — 



Sumatra, Java, and Adjacent Islands. — Favre's Javanese Grammar gives the 

 numerals in Javanese, Kavvi, Sundanese, Batak, Lampong, Madurese, and 

 Balinese. The Nias Island numerals may be found in J. S. B. R. A. S., June 

 1880 ; and those for the Isle of Engano in Mr. MacDonald's paper. 



Borneo. — The numerals in ii languages of Borneo are given in J. S. B. R. A. 

 S., June, 1880. 



Celebes, the Moluccas, &c. — The numerals in Bugis are given in Favre's Ja- 

 vanese Grammar. Crawfurd gives the numerals in the languages of Manatoto, 

 Timor, Rotti, Savu, Ende and Mangarai (Flores); while Wallace (Malay 

 Archipelago) gives them in 31 other languages of these parts. 



Philippines and Formosa. — Prof. Terrien de la Couperie gives the numerals 

 in 32 languages of Formosa and 7 of the Philippines. (Formosa Notes, 

 J.R. A. S. 1886). To these may be added the numerals in the Tag-benua 

 language (J. S. B. R. A. S., 1880). 



Micronesia and Melanesia. — Crawfurd (Malay Grammar) gives the nume- 

 rals in 3 Micronesian languages, Mr. McDonald gives them in 4 languages of 

 the New Hebrides, and Dr. de Tavera in one language of New Guinea and in 

 the language of Timor Laut, 



Polynesia, Madagascar and Fiji. — The numerals in 9 Polynesian languages, in 

 Fijian and in Malagasy are given in Tregear's ' Maori Comparative 

 Dictionary." 



Total — including Malay — 119 languages. 



