(klul Jimi n iBfied tKft gIdsMria! «v i den ce r 



TliH ScTthic l ootii for th*» |»rindpjil parte of the iKiifr An t!i« lolrwl ; the 

 guttuml ;'the sibilant and dental ; and the liquid C 'j r,}, — th&t iiB 

 the jiriinury sounds. Of thpge4 rocit*^ the 3 last are not sfronjrly *l s ia- 

 gui:i!jed. ll And S ; 8, T and i> ; D, L and R ar* evidentby ntfreSy 

 Variation of each other in sevend caiw. Tlie roat^* are monosyllHbieB 

 cff 3 larms*,— lflt» the consiianttut followi'd by a vwvel, which vurieH Koiue- 

 timen even in the same jrrimp ; ^nd, the ctm*QfiatJt pr^cnled by a vowel ; 

 5rd, the pr«:etli)*g' fornjs followeti bv ft tina! eansonunt, Tocaliswi or not. 



phont'tic or non-radli-a], THr most common lerniinid is the liquid n^ 1 

 or r. After it », t, iH the ino«*t fr»'qupnf, hut M.H » and r are luuuh inttr- 

 chan^'ed, these two cliwwei^ are not Well dtMtiivijuitjhfd,. Tirer bliial and 

 and g-uttunil are muoh raref. The Int form, pure or with a timrt eomM3* 

 uant, is the mmt t'omnwjn. The 2od is ehiefly found in the Cfrrian 

 lan;ft»a«|;'e8, and afl similar furms are produced hy the elipiun of an iiiiiiiil 

 radical consonant, it i» not alwsiyrt easy to dmde whether the U^rrian con* 

 Bonunt in radical or not, Rcdu|tHcrtttrd furnirt of all thtj r<»ot^ t>ccur. Be- 

 sides these fonnt^f othe re occur in which a deliniti%^o is aita(;hed to the 

 TtXity generally po^ttixuidly. The detitiitive is sometimes a ?iimple vowol, 

 generally pretixed, but inoj^t frequently a couEwnant, generally po^itttied, 

 and either aimple with a fiiml or initial vowel, or such a monoT^y 111 able 

 with a final consonant. J>nible positlixej) alho occiir. It in ofton dil^cutt 

 Qt iiinpoasible to decide whether the tinal consonant is a fMwtlix or part of 

 the root. Where the root hafl a final con.-*onant the servik character of th© 

 fluporudded consonant \a in general free from doubt. 



The followintj examples will illustniite this diversity of forms. l»t, pa, 

 bo, wa, v«, pij [lu, i»o, kc ; 2rid, ap, ab, ip, ib, up, ub, op, ob, ice ; 3rd pan, 

 pin, \mn^ pon, Ijur, bir, bur, pat, pit, jiet, put, pa.-*, pi«, pu.% apt, i|it, upt, 

 obt, ice J 4th, with a def, pal«R, j>i!^, wilyfj piJyfi wilu^t, vtilifuitfij 

 burwn, paiv/f, panAt; oth pajia, mimi. 



The appended table of .icythio names of parts of the h«>dy in intended to 

 facilitate the compai i.^n of the nvotn.* I hnve thrown into it all the vo- 

 cables that are found in Klaproth'ji Asia Poly^lotta, for liead, Few, Eye, 

 Hair, Muuth, Lif"» Teetb, Toncrue, Nose^ Ear, Hand, Finger and Foot, 

 •jjd the arrangemetit if* purely phonetic. In neveral initanees worda that 

 resemble each otiier in mnad may be vnnetipa of roota independent in their 

 ori^tna. But there can hf no doubt that a large projjortion of those voca- 

 bles that associate thenafieJvea phoneticidly in the table are ul:*o nidicallj 

 C«{;(nate. Sui-h a table, for ethnological purposes, f^honld contain not only 

 air the names of part,* of the body, but the rtnit* in all their other appliea- 

 tiouH, and when a tbori5Ugh Scythic pbilobgist appears we may bojw to 

 obt aina tablet* ot this kind. Without stuch comparative vocabularies of 

 groupa of root.^ in evei y family of lan{»uage, it is itniwa^itde to a^ertain 

 with precision the various degrees of affinity which connect any given 

 language or ftimilv with other?. 



IIH. Thi» should have been 115, and followed hy pasres 164, 165, 

 and lOfi. The page following ItitJ was omitteti altc^etlier in making- 

 up the forra.H atid is here inserted. It ia p. ^26 of the Joum. of the 

 Ind. Arch, for April-June 1853. 



* Tkia will be given with similur tables for other lamilies. 



