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ETHJ^OLOGT OF THE INOO- PAClFrO TSI.AIfDS, 



The prortoann of all these dialecff are SifBii-UlTraindian. The Ist iw 

 nge, nje» in Takpa, the vowel bein^; pxreplional Tlie K.int Mtohmi kai 

 appears to be a variaUon of it. Daphia cmri Abnr have n^o, Ihe Chine»» 

 fbrm, — the SiTan and Bhoiian beifig tiga. MUhmlKaa hn, the Milinyikt N»gi» 

 and Mikir ft. The 2d han the rifiine^e ftirin aleo round in Horpa ^"^ 

 coniraored to L Duphla and Ahne har^ no — ihs Manjak forfii — and it li 

 ali^o po«sea«ed alighUy modified by (he W^fttern Misluni, njo. The 3d in 

 Trtkpa w pf>, be, *birh is not Sifan but ChEne«e aod eaiilprn Mishmij we. 

 The labial ia bI**© Daphla ma, and Abor bi»,The Weatrsfn Mnhmi com^ 

 bliip* it wilh the denUl mfn. The Takpa pt pnxtfijt ie-ra, ibp Daphla 

 lu (a v«r of the Mme partScl*-), the Abor-Zu oe-la-frc (contp Horpa rt- 

 (fi^i a-rong '9 nnoiher Abor Turm, and Mie Mi«htni /on? <*<irreap{}ndB with it, 

 F,. M Uh III i hs« Mfl^ (com p Sinpphn /Amy, Anpnmi fo/e?!, TVnfr-a AAofa) 

 Thf T.ikpa poH». in -frtt, the Daplila and Abor -j. 'I'he Takpa da- 

 tive i* ajfl, la, the iUanyak me Duplila ha? -bo, Abor -nn^pe or-frf-pff 

 foJIow iojT the pf*f-«. (-ff-ke-pe), bo and ;je bein|r the fame ib« Manjak 

 we, a ad ajt I he Takpa fa, Borps. da, Bhotfan ita, la, da, rn. The Takpa 

 •bUiiv^e •Trnoi", is t. which may he a i>ontrartioii of (ht? Manyak »i, *-hL 

 ritfse /», Bhotfan ne. rff-«e Daphla hu* -g^ffa-m, Ahor -g-ke*m, or -g-h* 

 ite-m (-^ poji*< . -to loraliTp), in whJrh ^it, are Horpa. ^/m, 'I'horhn, ^e, 

 A. <*hangio ^<ii. Hurman (fo. Garo '■ni-kho The ioMruinental i« in Takp* 

 Bitid GyarumE ^i, Bfiatijn gi^s, Abor -Aro-Ai. in Daphla -wio-na (following 

 the roM t'omp. Sun war wj«. Umho nu, Leprha ntsn, Biirman nAenff. 



Tl>e nomerala present «ome coincidf iirea. Thf I of Abora-ko mny b» 

 the Manyak Is-At and 'I'ho'-hn a-ri (nnt Takpa 'hi, or Gyarung fce-ihf), 

 but as fl- i<i a p^^'fTI and -Ao a poitfix in (he othtr nuTiierah, the root 

 a(i[ipar* to \\^V¥ been lost in I. afihnnph if (a preserved in 6 fl Veng io, 

 aod ill Ihe adjucpnt ( JiBnglo dialtTi ol Lhopa, fehunp, Daphla retain! It 

 in ] a ken, 2. Daphla a-ni, Abor a ni ho. i» Bhofian, Naga, HimalBjanj 

 Trtkpa has nai 3. l>. a am, A a um Ao, Takpa Miim, Gyar «am. 4, D. 

 B p It, A a p i Ao. (Chanslo ph i), T. p H. S. D a fgo. A, a npo-io, 

 ngo, pi li — ivffo-feo (4 repeat^.l^, T li-a npe (4 repeafed). 6 D o-b-p-» 

 le (a-k= fl-kf-n I, p-le properly 4, bnt here oontranted frotn the original 

 full form of 5 p-li-a-nsf ). A. fl-k*^np:-|-o (the 1 of D,), Chattgio khunf 

 7 D. ka-na-sr A ki-ni'-Jb^ fcw-nid-e (Burm, Hu-nhit in 2 nbaik, 

 nhach^nag of D ) T nia (2i, 8, D plag-nag (4, 2), A. pi-ni-it» {4, 2). 

 9, D- knyf", Lt-pi'ha kyot (near^^r to the Chinese kio, kieu, kao than Ihe 

 common Tibtito-D"tr. {rn, ku A. ko-nang-A-o [l Oyar, fcf/n^'fti% 

 D. rang (Karen lang 1). A uyiofr-fru It may be inferred thai Takpa bat 

 « r.Io^e •pei:ial connection with the Daphla and Abor, but" (hat the period 

 of tbeirieparation was ^-ery ant-ient. The (touthern dialects retain ioinft 

 atiabaic full form^ not now found in Takpa or the Sifan langya^ea, and 

 tl'ej have non -Takpa traita in Gommoa with OhollAri^ and with Sifia and 

 Ultretndian dialecta. 



4. Numerah, 



1. The BhntiiB ^chtjl is the nritinal of the MarDit frhrltr» of which 

 the OnruTiB kri ii a cnntraetinn. The Bhntian ip. thifi ia found io 9^t* 

 j>a, Lhoiia haa ^hi, and Newar ehht' The Limho thit pretcrvei thi 

 Chineae 6 ml, and the Takpa thi ii a cnntrietion nf a ainul&r farm. 



The Naga ka-uogt (Aa-i in higher naaobeM), Aa-lB, a^h-H o-khel) 



