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ETHNOLOSr OF THE IKDO-PAClFIC ISLANOS; 



flo TTitloly ovfT Asoncsia. MkJ.'/ifrica (Hnnsn, Giillii, Sfliimali, Sec.) 

 fiithi, lulu, ofiir; Mirfn^jasi War, ^fad /isiinegif}^ — «H-fa, Nias; an- 

 iar, Kt'ti; /w'-jdjar, Tauao; Ian, lauiT, {'aroliiuj; tar-('at Marian ; /iwang^ 

 l*fIow; liHid, New (laint'u Thfl more common A.soneftiau form i? the 

 tlrutat pat, ''m-||Hit &c. Tin* root in Kgyj)lmu nud iraniaii { ftu^ fhHt\ 

 diatwiirj It is .sfniply a variation of tlie simiJur root far *Z 



(i. e. iTit' dual ni tl, tis III utlior binary srstniis), Tho Illtraiatliaii and 

 Induia furins f!nnnot br' dt'rivud from llie Iranian chai^mtr. Thoy are 

 evidently'counrcti'ff with llio aiK'innt Asonpsian form prevntcnt in Mi- 

 cronrsia.and derived iiom Mnla^asi. Takf!n with the tact tbat tbo 

 tDrmii lor I, (fln<J if si nir-re Jlfxinn ot' 1 ) are also Atricanj they afii>rd 

 somii prool iljiit, tlio samr^ Jorvg enduring wcsfpni civilization which car* 

 rit?'i IMulflfiaj^i and E. Airicaj* words la Asoiicaiaj at one time embraced 

 Ultraindia in influeiico* 



panaKnsias prt-sun, Mon; tlian/V/, inn'fj NicoTjar; cliang, Ka. Thfl 

 Jj-iii hft (ij )ioara tn bt? a modidf fl riMntrarifon oOimj, tha, Tlic Knkt sun- 

 ltd, Bon^rjn tswiir-Artr, Car, Nicobnr sum, H), is ])robftbly the same 

 term. J t is Airicuu, \.>v.iM^ fmind in Ihp same ryrniuliort to which the 

 ^lalaga?! owos so mii'h,nn<I from wliirh the previou'* Vimlyan tarma 

 may aUu Sravn lipi»n clcriffd, — Onlia, >ainiTali, .shun, zan. That it h an 

 Biirfcnt MiiJ-Afnrrm root, br-Io-nwins: to a difl'uaive^ivilization, is evinced 

 l>y the pru';ress it bus nintle to the Westward and Soatliward. Bintn, 

 tBng, r'apali al-tnn): Cam. w«-tan (tlii,-* lang-mt-'f h ts also tbo Vindyan 

 and LHiriiin lian 1, .*), Calbru son-«/ ; Itungo ftam (Comp. the Nico- 

 l»ar forms); S. Airii an sanu, tarns, &c. The eanio root is also Samoie le, 

 Tunsusiai* aod Alontion (*ani. itmg. cbanj-, san, sun) an Asiatic di^tri- 

 )>iition wliieh Bh'^v!* that itri «lift'usion in Asia and Africa was antt)rior 

 not only to thnt hi the liarntin, i^emitio ami raaca-sian, but to that of 

 Iho prei^alent Sfiytbu-. numeral aystcms, RadicnNy the wort) si|Gjnitiei 

 **baud''. It is Imiud with ibis BeUse in Draririau as in many other lan- 

 gunges, 



III the Menam hafsin a ppeond term h pres'^rved. pram, Choug, 

 Kamb; nam, Inm, A nam The root appears to bn ram, lam, nam, and 

 p to be a lU'cfix, ta< in Vion, The Nankowry Jam, lii, is the same term. 



Tho \ iMdyati trrm i*t nuu-j«, mona-z/rt, mone, mo-J//^f, KoI ; mna-jrt, 

 mimii-c (Joud , which m ly be an inversion ot tliti Kiinibufian and 

 Anaoi, or rice rrrm It the \Ton term bad been Tibeto-Biirman, thera 

 woubl bave been trroands for identifying tbo Vindyan and K'ambojan 

 Tocablof! aad considerin«? then* an reprea("utiii<]f the original VI on. Bat 

 as the Man term is n itivp or A|"riran, this ex|)btnatioiJ appears to be m- 

 ftdmis-sable. If tlie Viuflyon term hns (lisf>laccd an older one of Mon 

 origin, it may bave benn derived from the Tibeto-Burmftn pUBgu, 

 phungu, iNaga ; bonga, tiaro; pboitg Mikir &c. 



Tin* fijimbojan nnd A nam term is not oTiIy found in the Nancowry 

 lam, !mt in I>ri|dda rEiug, 10, Mon, klom, 100 (Ka dam, Anam tftm) 

 and in shorter Jorms, ra &c., in llie Naga diafects, Garo, Mikir, 

 Bongju, Kukij Kamboj.m, and J.au, with the power of 10, UHJ, 20 &c. 

 All tliese lorms appear to be referable to ibo binary nomenclature, 

 TR'hiidi some o1 the terms inr " eijrbi" prove to bave co-cxistcd with th« 

 quinary. Bam, o, is probrddy on abbreviation ot ra-ma, that it rn 4 



be a flexion of pua^ -L X'roiu tk^ «viUeuce utf^rd^dby »a(a@ oi tiie bii,'ber 



Five, 



