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ETHNOLOtiT OT THE lirDO-PACiriC 



second bein^ of a primordial character and pointing towards t]fe 

 elertvalion of the formation itself, 



Tlifi pronouns elf arty indicate nn early prevalence of the archaic 

 Indian formation over Ul(raindia and Asoneeiia, and the forma in 

 which they are found in thcpe regions phow that the proper South 

 Dravirian varieties are the oldest nnd purest, and were first and 

 farthest spread to the eastward. They are found in all their inte- 

 grity throughout the Australian sub-formation,*— the most ancient 

 in Aaonesia— and fragments of them are also preserved in other 

 Asonesian proviiicep. The dialectic Kol system, on the other 

 hnnd, is found in its integrity in tlie Mon-Anam formation, the 

 oldest that }s extant in Utti-aindia, while it is also partially traeeble 

 in Asoncsia. 



The Australian pronouns are nga " I" and ngin, nin, ngt 

 " thou," with poBtfised deBnitives as in I>raverian,-ra?/fl,-«?,-w/7?\ 

 -na, -ftf, 'toaf -du^ -pe, 4. Com p. the Drav. -^Uf -nUy -n, -^Uf 

 and the common noun definitive jKJstfixes. The common form 

 of the 2nd prononn, nin, is the Dravtrian root comFjined with tlia 

 contracted Pravlrian postfix as in Karnntaka, Kurf^i and Male 

 nin. In the Australian system the plurals arc formed, like the 

 ordinary Dnivii ian ones, by the phiinl postfixen, the Draviriim 

 special m plurals being; absent unless they arc represented by ~wa. 

 Austi-alian has a distinct dual foi'med hy a Draviro^Atistrafian 

 plural panicle -/t, -rZ/f, &c 1st pron-, -rfin(7,-rff,-r^e. &c 

 2nd pron. The 2nd has also-zra and the compound -nra/a in 

 Bome languages. 



The Tobi nang, Uleangang, Pdew nak, Hanabenai^Taravvangai, 

 [Ausir. ngai], Rotuma iigo, ngou, and the Suraba 7Ji/«ngga of the 

 1st person, with the Onni ono, Tarawa ungoe, ngoe of the 2nd 

 person, are also Draviro- Australian. 



The indication of sex in the 3rd pronoun distinguishes Tarawan 

 nnd Australian from the proper Malay ii-Polynesian languages and 

 is one of ihc traits that connect the archaic pronominal system of 

 Asoncsia with the Dravirian. 



Although the plnra! forms in w are absent in Aiistmlian, it has 

 absolute as well as relative forms of the plural of the first person. 



• The first JnilicflKon ofK^sembloaccs bctweea thfi Dntririan aiidl ttie Australian 

 l>ruBouna b duu to Mr. Ntuxii!, 



