VTB*^OWQT or THE INDO-FACinC ISLANDS. 



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the CQmspondDQces there ooted will be founil tite cantrniGted form 

 a oi the lut [iraii. comiiion to Manyak, Aiigaiui Nagsi aud Mikir; 

 ang, I lie Uyarung [Kj^itixuiil lorrn, louud as a, postfix iu Nagii and 

 as a separate torui in Biido, Garo and Kiraiilij nge Takpu and 

 Siri^fo; ka Thacdiu, Dlii.iial» leiicUa, Lau (klia, kfiu, kti), Toung 

 Iboo, fka. Most <d tUe Ultraindo-Gangeiic lonns of tbe 2d yron. are 

 Siian, nan, iia The Munyik vtiriaii<ja of tbe vowrI to o is found ia 

 Uaplila, AUor, DforJa Oliutiu, Atig.imi, Moiouie Angamiand Namsan- 

 gya. rUe ^jtber tsilua ptiruclca are also Gauge to- Uiuamilian, I add 

 a tew exttinpJes. 



Thfl Gyarang particles occur in UltrftimJian languages, il/a, m Sic. is 

 oornm ui us u negiiftve und ctiritivu fiosttix or preHs (Abor, Boplda, Dhi- 

 nial, Mikir, Garo, Burniun The Kiiuinti ntH-,-nio-j and Chintise i>re- 

 posed ill (Stir is the sann' particle. J}u denottj* lli«: present in Abor as in 

 Oyarung, and a Gyarun^-Iike combination ol it with ia, anotlitir form 

 ©t' lUe same Bliotiun definitivo, vendors it eTupbatiu, lada. In anotber 

 form, ta, h h conipkiive, corrfcS|»>nding with tbtj (iyarung la, past la 

 the Dophla per feat a combination occur!* siniJiar to thu iiyarung, 

 pa by itseli being tuiure in Abor (in DajthJa 60). Cbanglo bag -le pre- 

 aeiitj -ba paat (tluriu. biji., Budofiui), -da;tg luture (Burtn tfio, Khani- 

 ti ta—), timlo has -dawj present (used as a verb iiubs ), bai, naif 

 imimrlent, dang-fnan [itsrt't'ct, iiisfi, gan, rut. Dhiuntl has A» past, A hi, 

 mlii, fifii present. Garo ba-i -na, -tnffa prRStjnt, en^a'Chitii imped'., 

 -o, -rm perl., ■ MiiTi i-erf. def, Ma, hheng^ lut (Bodo). Naga bus -t 

 jjerieiit, to-prelixed, wslh -f iiosifixed, "as a second perteot (Ahof, 

 Gyaruiig^ 80 in 'fibi'itan *-&c. pref. with -s postf.), i is luture, Miktr 

 has -/tf/i past (Nrtgiii, Kiis.), -ye future (t N^*ga), -60, -baif^ etnpba- 

 tic futures (Abor, Oapbla, so Burru rm), -si purtiripiai (Gyaruug). Garo 

 kas -na present (Gyarung na-). Kasia bus fci-pa^t (Mikir, Naga, 

 &c ), «-[uture. In .'?ingpbo -ha U past (Dbim.- A*', Bhot.-* aJso A- 

 -tui'dai perfect, -a future (Bbot-aJ. 



Takpii tieifin Ht present ihe only known language tbat appears to ba 

 conlerndnoni* with ibe proper Tibetan dialects on the one side and with 

 the Ultralndo..Gaiigeiio on the otber, st will be Uiieful to adveTt to lb© 

 offmitiea of its prononn? and particlu*, I add th« nuuierals to give great- 

 er brendtb to (he coinp«iridon. 



A<^ TaWptt U Ihe lanpia^e of theTowanf ra|, 5t must be conterminona with 

 soint? of the dialects of the Bor arid Abor tribes • At present we are only 

 pariially at-qimiiiied with ihose of ibe aouibefo Aka, Dapbia and Ahor* 

 Mlfi. The two first appear to be the ^aine and to be tdo-iely akin to tha 

 last. [|.}w far ihey are itpoken to ihe nortb, and whether any other Ai&m 

 leets^xi^t between llo^m and the Takp»t it not knO'Wn, 



•- Are the Tog ah ar 'Vag-ab, one of ihe iriheu of Bbuian who in- 

 h»bH the disifici of Ttt«-rta, or Tbk na, Tifrnno or Dalta, not a iectinn 

 ihB T»\i'pft whn bdimi^n in be und^r the doraininn of the DvU Riiji ? 

 (As. Il-w XV. 146, Ht) P.'jnbertnn 111). The Pilo of TaR.na'iHerruory 

 'Mien between Buknha and t3hfran(r. hai two Dwara or paespt, and 



the ilefu Jddti and two l oiuaa are under his orderi. His territory ia 

 ei((hl days jxnnfy ionii and fnor days from eaut to wf at. He pays al- 

 mijBiber an'nuiJIy in tw-i inilalropn'f ab"'Ot 3000 rope^a tttd SMlt* iboul 

 8-13thi of iba couDiry " (Ai. E. XV, my 



