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than the more fluxional Sorainco-Libjan langungea. 



The peculiar] Lies of Druvinan and Draviru-Auglniliatr, even 

 when compared with those Asiatic famiSies that most ulosnly 

 resemljle it^ are conclusive ttgainst the liyputht^iis that it waa 

 derived from any of ihese. The common cliarHCtcrii are referable 

 to a mother formation which diverged into distinct channels and 

 received special modificaiioHS in each, these main etreams in their 

 turn divaricating, while the different branches or sume of them 

 from lime to time overflowed and came into mutual contact. 

 D] avirian probably passed through an Australold coudilion, atid 

 it is even probable that in a still older race it was more agglome- 

 ralive and pleonastic, richer in forme although cruder and Jess 

 flexional. But it cannot have passed through an Iranian, a Semi- 

 tico-Libyan, a Zimbian, a Caucasian or even a proper Scythic 

 condition. All the distinct ive characters of these formations are 

 referable either to individual development and modification since 

 they were separated from the stock common to all, or to their 

 separation having preceded that of Draviro-Auslralian from proto- 

 Scythic. It Li probable that the more distinctive characters of 

 Scythic were acquired subsequently to the migration of the Draviro- 

 Anstralian family to the southward, The full development of the 

 vocalic harmony probably took place in a branch of the Scythic 

 family that bad not become predominant till after that migration. 

 The connection of Draviro- Australian in the Scythic continued till 

 the postpositional structure had been developed. I19 radtcnl con- 

 neclion with the other formations belongs to periods preceding that 

 development. 



7. Glossarially the Draviro-Australian affinities have a wide 

 range. The pronoitng, numerals and definitives are E. Asiatic and 

 Scythic. Several particles are Scythic aud several are not only 

 Scythic but S. W. Asian and African. The pronouns are not 

 the prevalent Scythic, and (heir Chinese and other affinities lead 

 to the inference that the basis of Draviro-Atiairaiian was not a 

 Scythic language, but a distinct one which was placed within the 

 range of the proto-Scythic development and took a similar form. 

 But the vocabulary although not purely Scythic in its basis, has 

 ill common with Scythic vocabulancs a large proportion of roots 



