Earnfi^in and Beythic term for 3 Tb^ EKyptUni 8ad*nitTit Oilf* 

 9T)f\ MjtlafTKfty ciillorjitinn foll^ thit of ihe mnrB prevaleni African 3 

 (ZKabtun, Nulnao, N'^frisn) which ih il^o Scythien A»»«>f nliar*. 



But as the labinl is a postfix in the anliaic S^^miifeo-Libyan as in thi 

 archnic N. E. Aainn. and tin; tnitinl ar ot ar-lia ha* Jhe *»ame t'llii-tie ap. 

 nt'iiraiu^e which iir, Rn» aT. ir, ilkc. I»r,vein tht* Scythic system, it isfiro. 

 baliJe that«r-bii, iike th<>m. ha« iocjt if* origiiMiHnitialcoo&onnntnr prefix* 

 Thp geaerol Sl*} tliio affilJitie^| nor only of >eniitie but oi all the otber , 

 S. VT. nunnTul systems ol tha Oi»l WorUJ, — African, Eui-karian, Pauca- 

 sian flivl Iisilo-Eiirapean— rtjltT us to the :?cyt!u(:o-Chiuts« I^^ovi^Jce for 

 illustralions ot tha Semllic numerals, and ati exampli? oTan nllred. lETm 

 ia prnlHiblv t-xtufit in thv Mangolian diir-AOj liiir-itnn, t'ir-btt Sec. (ia 

 Turkish, witi) a dental puf^tf., dor-/, dur-f, liwf^-ffit the r flided in the 

 laslHsintlio I n*Ui* European dwa, 2)» iti liuin-lMiropean chU't-vn-r-as, 

 ■with rhi^si^MlHnf post!'. The M oii)rf dm n M -bOt 10, (al?*© ftr-/;«n)^ ih- a 

 prfcisply siniihir tesn* !<> ih&lSemitit; ar-bn, but althouglt tli** Inrui of 

 ihp final consonftnli and iht^ fioattix doubdess idHuiu al glfi^aHrial y 

 as wpN m phonetically J ihe initial consonariit td"tfi« ro.>i ii.ny iiure differ- 

 ed. The Mongolian ti^rtn is probably a contracteil anit like the Cauua- 

 fiinn ar — . er— . Tbe Seiniiic inuat hf reierred to a term for 4 or 2, 

 Th'* Georgian r-wa, r-uo, nr-a, ovr, 8^ [4 duBl]^ apppara lo be a simtlar 

 e1li])tic tenn» and the Mingreiian bur, bar-i probaiily preserve Its loit 

 initial. In the other ranousiiin lang^na{fp» it i;j abo the lubial io other 

 Bcythic lor ma, m-^hUffOf be-itJ-^u, iii-ikHjo, tne-l-Ao. 



The Malfflo'asy «-rar, 4, nnd the correspojidiiinr African terms for 4 and 

 2 pr€Sprvf» ihe Hill form oJ'the Seuiitir nr. The Darmkil nanl-izif, 2, ha» 

 the labial [lostfix a«i in ar-'*a, nnri the Muhiga^y r-rm, t?, ti» probably ft 

 •iuiilar contrardon <<f I'tw-^oa or faru-im. rpj<tfndding the Geogian r-tc«fc 

 The labinl Jeliiutivp postfix orrurs concrctrd in ihe Seniilic gloaanriiis s» 

 well as in those ot tbpal)ii»d Lil>\ an languages, and Ilcbrpw baa it in tha 

 modern tonn for 2. fFur thi' evbl^uQe ut'ihe wide lucvalence ol the Li* 

 b\ an labial in 2, i, 7, (t. e 5, 2) and 8» see Afriran NunierHl-*-) The Egyp* 

 tian f-tu, thit eognate Alricni* tenna in d, a and r, and the ftxi-^lence of 

 Bctarty all the varieties iit Malagasy (r, d, fii. tsi), («>rr()bornt<» thp in- 

 i'erenre drawn from tbe^pniitico-Airicani tfrms for ihat, in tliP art haia 

 Beraitica- Libyan, as in the Scythii?, definifive an*l numeral system, the 

 detinitive onri tniit in I, r, it wua. merely a variatiiu< ut ihat in t, k. 



with other dofijiiiives (labial, dental &ic ) in 2, 4 kc. it appeari to he tjit 



A. kba-mr*fifl, khn-m-»s ft-m., kha-nrj-an-/« majfc. Arabic, kha-m-fsh- 

 sftah moAC. kha-m-c:«h fenb. Hebrew, klia-rn*aha w»rt«e. kba-m-esh Jem^ 

 ClialtJec, khu-Tn-is-fi Hubvloidan, kh-i.sh Gara. kho-m^j iVIuhrah, 

 a»-m-ij-f, an-ui-is-'i Aniharic^ an-m-ifi^/-/^ Tigre, «u-nr-H5 Btrbcr, su- 

 su-t)5 / .shiltah. tu-ni-n? Titnaiii, /*«-su-nie Dolia, »-ni-us Arkiko. 



This term ia probably a unit aa in thr Airicnn anil i^eytbir systems. 

 JRadically klia-m ia idontii at wiih the sba-me, sho-m, thvt-man Stct. of 

 • the Egyptian 3 and tbe Eijypio-Seniilio 3 of S. But it is rvinarfcahl« 

 thftt iu the proper Sonulio luM^uoges tbe .unit root takea tha guttusal 



Fwe^ 



