THE SINHALESE LANGUAGE. 



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the Sinhalese in Dr. Stevenson's list of forty-one words, there are 

 but three which have any relation to the Dravidian. They are 

 appcij 'father;' odokkuva, 1 a recess in the waist;' and adi, 'a foot 

 of twelve inches.' Thus, the proportion which the Sinhalese 

 bears to the Dravidian is, in the instances selected by the Doctor, 

 less than one to thirteen. 



I have occupied more space than was actually necessary to dis- 

 prove the relationship attempted to be established between the Sin- 

 halese and the Dravidian. It is time to proceed to direct proof of 

 their non-relation. 



I purpose to institute my comparisons with reference to what is 

 called by Abel Remusat, the ' prerogative instances,' consisting of 

 nearly all the words given in a List issued by * the Anthropological 

 Society, to be noted and used for the radical affinities of languages, 

 and for easy comparison,' — words which may be classed into (1) 

 numerals; (2) names for days, and (3) months; (4) pronouns? 

 (5) names, and (6) actions expressive of the common wants of 

 mankind; (7) the earliest extant Sinhalese; and (8) words in our 

 authors, usually entitled the Elu. 



Numerals. 





Pali. 



Sinhalese. 



Tamil. 



One 



eka 



ek;i 



onnu — oru 



Two 



dva 



deka 



rendu 



Three 



ti 



tuna 



munu 



Four 



chatu 



satara 



nalu 



Five 



pancha 



pasa 



anji 



Six 



chcha 



saya 



aru 



Seven 



satta 



sata 



elu 



Eight 



a^ha 



a£a 



e^u 



Nine 



nava 



nava 



ombadu 



Ten 



dasa 



dasa 



pattu 



Twenty 



visati 



vissa 



irivadu 



Fifty 



pannasa 



panasa 



ambadu 



Hundred 



sata 



siya 



nuru. 



The above comparisons clearly indicate that the Sinhalese nume* 



