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Pronoun of the first person singular:— 

 North-Indian Idioms. Dravidian Idioms. 



(Sanskrit primary form 'aham;' 



rr\ m 



Tamil, 



nan, yan, enj en 



secondary forms, 



'ma,' 'mi,' 'm;' 



Ganarese, 



an, nSnu, en, ene 



Turkish primary form, ' man,') 



1 ulu, 



y3n, en, e 



Hindi 



main 



Malayalam, 



nj&n, en, en, in 



Bengali, 



mui 



Telugu, 



nenu, n*t 



Marathi, 



mi 



Tuda, 



on, an, en, in! 



Gujarathi, 



hun 



Kota, 



one, en, e 



Sindhi 



man 



Gond 



ana, En 



Sinhalese 



man 



Ku 



anu, na, enu, 







Kajamahal, 



en 







Uraon, 



enan 



Pronoun of the second person singular: — 

 North-Indian Idioms. Dravidian Idioms. 



(Sanskrit primary forms ' tvam,'* 



Tamil, 



ni, nin, nei, i, 



av,' 'te;' secondary form, 'si/ 



Canarese, 



niri, ninu, t, i 



;' Turkish primary form, ' sen.') 



Tulu, 



t, ni, nin 



Hindi, 



tun, tu, te 



Malayalam, 



nf, nin, nan 



Bengali, 



tui, to 



Teluga, 



nivu, nl, nin 



Marathi, 



tun, tu, to 



Tuda, 



ni, nin, i 



Gujarathi, 



tun, ta 



Kota, 



ni, nin, i 



Sindhi, 



tun, to 



Gond, 



ima, ni, i 



Sinhalese 



ta, to 



Ku 



Inu, nt i 







Uraon 



nien 







Kajamahal 



nin 







Brahui 



nf 







Scythic of the Behistun tablets nl 



" From the striking dissimilarity existing between the North- 

 Indian pronouns and the Dravidian, it is obvious that, whatever 



* ' Tva-m becomes tuva-m in the old Persian; and from tu (itself derived 

 from to) proceeds the Sanskrit dative tu-bhayam, the base of which is allied to, 

 or identical with, the Latin, Armenian, and Pehlvi tu, the JEolic and Doric tu, 

 the Persian, Afghan, and Singhalese to, and the Gothic thu. The th of the 

 Gothic and Zend, points out the path by which the old Greek tu was converted 

 into Su:— Caldwell, p. 311. 



