or TBI !ND0-PAC1T!C tlLANAI. 



▼arifttioos in thi vowel were probably to aome exlpnt flexioiial. 

 U was tin agentiVeor nommaLive posmx in tlie archaic ^l'mitic sysLeui. 

 It may also in some cases havt* been ■ aoltened form of the maaruline 

 poMQx. I is fVmitiine. It is also |jos3es4/ive A pltirtil puwer caunot 

 of course Ite aacribed to the u or i ol the definitive wbtfn used as 1, 



B ihndft-Mr aa-ki-thn^ m-h-Mit Jf^m^t Xlht-Ui'tha ta mate, Ar,, 

 fbe.Io*'A«A maar,^ sba-lo-afA fern, Heb.» (jft-la-ta, 30, Babvlo(iTi«n), 

 te-la-ld masct ^f-U-* ffm, Chaldeet se-ie-ite T\jrfe, tha^ih-ii Ma hi ah, 

 thR.k i( Gara.. ke-ra-^I Berh., k-fa i ShilUh, (su-a i Amhuric, lo-8-fc 

 Nubian, ta-iu, sa-lu &c. ^Vc. Zinibum 6ic.) ^ 



In sa-la, she-lo &c. tha sibilant unitia foHowed by fbeh'quid la, lo&o. 

 RadicaJly^ the coTO[«>uh(i may bw the samt» as in 2, — 1, n, r, being 

 ■variations ol the same definitive in the Seinttieo-AlricHn a* in the Scy» 

 tbic systeras. From the Hunyaritirr ami Zituttiim tj-rma, anil Jrorni the 

 occurrence ol such forma as »u-8u io higher t^emitiu nunierais, it is 

 clear that the radical term waa a Hfudiif or redufiiicated unit, which 

 varied from sibilant and dentul to li«imd forms^ s-a, t-(, r-r> I-l, s-d, 

 i-r, a l.t-r. t-s, k-r ike. The two lorin*, thedihihmi or dental^ and the li- 

 quM, with their coaibinotioQa, must have cc>-exial(»d from a very remote 

 period. 



The primary form au-s» tba-th. tha-lc &c., connects itself with a very 

 common double form of the unit in the St:ylhieo*Lljine.»o systems. Tha 

 ▼arirttion ol the s, t kc. to 1, r occur* in ilm^e N. Asiatic fly aiems. In 

 the Koriak 3, which is not reduplit;ated but is siniidy thfl sibilant unit, 

 it varies from sho, so. to ro and yo. 'I'he l^Klo-Iiui-oiK^n t-ra is a 

 timiiar form to the Scythic fco-r, ko~T, ha-r. ku-j, chu-d, atid to the 

 8emitico-Afrioan forma in t-r, t-1, k-r &c. if the inirial, in all these 

 terms, be roni'idered as a prefix, the ^itufjle unit remain* llm second nnd 

 radical element, m in the remoter E. A^jian systems, l^hinese, Kormk 

 |(C. If both elements be conaiilered radical, aiid ihi3 appears to be the 

 correct vii w. the term is «lill merely one of the nrrhaic forms ot the unit 

 and definhive. Conip. the demonstratives zo-th Hcb,/*m , i-za-to Mak- 

 gasy* ilzti-kis dzH-li-ka ta-kn» ta-li-ka, /m., Ar., rhi-aa Kerb./., na-na 

 Galla f. Thv i fo'-m oft he definitive, altbmgh common as a single fmriiclo 

 in the J^emitico-Libyan language:*, nreura rarely with the preposed 

 gibilant, ths common lorm boini^ n. The Hebrew ba-l!a-zeh m., ha-llr- 

 ttxf, thht", i» iLO exAmpIe of a demonstrative compoimd simiiar to the 

 bamitlcd. ^ 



Four, 



A. ar-ba /em., fkr-hB-tamasc. Arabic ; ar-ba. aft mflac . ar.ba fern, He- 

 brew ; af-be.a*»n«c., ar ha fern. Chaldee (Ir.bH.y^/ 40 Babylonian); ar- 

 bn u A Mm h rah. Giira ; nr-bti ft Ttffrp; hi -ha fa tratNi ; a-f.t. f-lu Eft, ; 

 Of.af, ar.ttf Amh. ; w-bah Arkiko; fou-j^o, 1ihho, fu-i^, hu>du &c. 

 HaiHs ? fu.lu K.drthi ; hao-da, au-d-i ijfcc. GnngH ; a.iu*r SaumaTi; fefo 

 Daiiak'} ; e-fa.r, e-fa-tra, e-fa-d, e-fu-iu, e.fu.t*i Malagasy i Zimbiaii 

 wa*na, wa^n, ba-cn 



Th*»e are lettna a, i. a. 2 dnal. The Seniilie eollocstioTi, it will ba ^ 

 rtffiaik«d« appeui to Mow tbit of iha cggaauGaJit« Mali|£i»7i ladii. 



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