rool current for it ia tht DraTirltii languages, wd un^er ehtt 

 rool the various forms it aseumes, followed by an indicatioB of 

 the foreigni afBnitieB, eo far as tba Toeabularies acceisible to mt 

 hare enabled me to trace ihem. In most cases these indicationi 

 miut be considered as suggestions rather than conclusions, mate- 

 rials to aid research into the bi story of the several YocabLce and 

 wot such hiilory itself. Where the same root is w Ulely spread in 

 foreign vocabularies the affinity pointed out may be safely adopted 

 fts a real historical one, aithoiigh the complex relationship may 

 remain obscure, and in many cases may belong to the primary 

 monosyllabic stage of the language. Where the particular form of 

 the Bravirian vocable — in toel elements, or m th^ and the 

 attached definitive o.* deiinitives,,— is found in another vocabulary, 

 a comparalively close and direct connection is indicated. A 

 double identity in rooi and definitive, in the structure of (he 

 Gompoandj and in that phonetic form vibich is so liable to chani^e, 

 —can only be accounted for, in general, by referiing the vocablei 

 to one diffubive vocabulury^ or to a common mothcrr formation. 

 Many of the affinities noted mu«t — ^from (be abscneo of cumulatirc 

 or corroborative indic£itions — be considered, for the present, ftt 

 merely phonetic. Turther rest arch will raise tbem to a glossarial 

 or historical rank, or discard them as fortuitous. Although thej 

 possess no recognizable value in the present paper, I have not 

 considered it light to omit them,heca(ife data accessible tootbers, or 

 which may bo hereafter published, may prove them to be real. 



In the more exact cons^ideration of the historical affinities 

 which foinjs the text of thas chapter I have used the Appendii: 

 as a body of suggestions only, and have not thouglii it worth 

 while to point out ie deloil where my present inferences differ 

 from thote indicated in the vocabularies, which were compiled 

 long ago,* 



in alt cases woutd require an intimatF! kno^nlrdpe of Ike DniWrtati Taogijmgfs uid 

 afutl compristin of thtlr Tocatiulnritiii wivh uli the otliera tti the OtdWond at least 

 * Consfdemhle time hea aim t n aiiicit tlify were printed^ and the additional 

 ntaterials now tivailable, tlie rBr.eaM-d/ tHcitny and oerrainty wtrh which a mor« 

 inlitaate aci^uaii-tance with the »tnu turj 4>f riffrmit famiJiea and a Jonger practice 

 in the cotlfttion orvornlsulflrirw cno^trnmt to di-tin^uish m>ti* from ptefijtea, poflt- 

 fie* itiKl und- tlm Numeiuti-. iuifM i ti ctbuH I nt.wtirid, «(»ujd.di«|MMen«B to 



ckKScl tik« wlK»lii ter/M, if (hitrre wall Mtiy iuxi»))eet ut fuuiii4.gtiiutt»ciim|;iU«'theKL 

 •riaw. 



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