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fl<mi«9ipeciSc imtanees of tire reapiwarancc oS forms for 3 in 5 will place 

 tJie fact beyond doubt, (iiulsa^'o 5 kn-ni-f/t), (Nubinn and Boniui gut. 

 poetf. ); Kundiu kii-nni '.i, Bnnyxin nioto-ki-b, ki-ln-Zr 5, — the same van- 

 atiou of tbii HHiaitic '.i^ but pre^^erviiva: t lie aleuder vowel, as in ke-ra-rf BerLj 

 tlw Bimyuii Ji, lui-la-/, hiiu*tlu' Ksmdin u, il< iu the Zimbiim hi-lfi^ la-tt, 

 Ia4j ni-w, ta--w, ta-TM, Uii4a, Maiuliii«riaii cia-rti-« {pre.^rving^ the Semi- 

 tic a form of tlie pre!', in the 8, E. Ziiubiaii tie-ra-rri— ). 8. E, Zimbian 

 k']ii'n. 5 fNyainumi), similar to a W. Zimbian 5j Npiteii be-h-Uf 

 Isuwu Ite-hk-rtK Calulwir-Cliadcla ^--la-ro^ jN'aiu te-du 5, /imbiim te-l^ 

 ta-tu &c. if. Tiinbuktu i-pi Boruui u-^u, n-rOy Ilaur^a u-ku, o-kti 

 3w Pika gr, ko, ku-nu ^£4.'., Kuati o-ku-(u. Mandmi-u i-Ii-ve 5 { 

 21, Ndob (S. of Manciam, apparently iti the Cliaddu basin, whence 



c-hermi mi, Hau^ia' bi-al, bi-iir ; tJiis may be eitlier a, or 2, cIoiM*ly allied 

 forms oecurrini^ for butli nimiber.s ; the llamn bi-u 2 (for bi-ul &e.) lA in 

 &vorofit.s beiiiir "J, but similar tbroL^ are eoiinnon f(»r and J. Kuluh 

 dao-wi (5), dao-we^ tte in (S (5, 1), Mandinj^ian wj-Iu, lio-ko so-ln^ Mhiriko 

 i-tao-a bauku tso-tiiia, W'olotf dsu-doui iXuti, ^r. ffu-tan- these are typiati 

 of the most common tbrmr*, save that thf fiibiliuit lias ^n^rfilly a ana the 

 liquid u, — ta-nu, sii-nu Jice,, Zimbiioi, llie u of uu &e^ a.s well us the prefix, 

 ihowa these fonns to have Wen derived fmiii :i, tii-ru, ta-ro, Ux-\u Scc.f 

 and not i'wm iii whiith tlie hiinid root ha-: {;-enen»llv :ilender formj^, li, ni, 

 ri&c, and takes the lubiid prHix Fonix-^ in u and u are alw found in 3, 

 e^to, «-to Isoaniii g'r., Daliomey to-re Bag-balwn, rw-o-da-so Kiambjt, 

 B4a-d.sou Pjitlsiule, /)/-d.Ho Hiulada, 



A (a) tu, tin, tie ( in W t;nu, t«m ) Kj?>]7)H£m, — the imit in the arcliaic 

 Semito-Lilmni :l f<trtn, aa iu the oMer African forms of (ft) au, tu, and 

 without the lid/ial-* 



The ftibilant unit is ftumd a-* 5 ( 3 for 3, 2) in thf ndjaeent Biflhaii 6, 7, 

 8 and 9, in tbe fono;? su, she, *e. in (i it ha^ the farm ae-ra ( 1 A, A ), 

 tJie Hemito-Ziiubjau form of ;i. 



The u, o, form of the deutd unit ( Viiriable to the sibilant Sec. ) w pre- 

 iervedinth«8of(^ra,thu-'w(:j, or.'if, for"*, 3), eorrt>iip«nding' with the 3 of 

 Egyptian sho-w, with the 1 of Guni»;a aiul Malapisy i-m, Eg^'ptian uot, 

 (=?iw-t), Nkele, Bonoro ;rft-to, Undawt ?M/>-kn, Slurimdu ^(jMko, (Irebogr, 

 do, Bokt) du, Aftulu fiatlof do, lllrarike rt-d.so, rt-^lzo, Vei do-ndo, Kauro 

 jfcttKlum, Kiumba Aw-doin, A//-i»m. 



( If. ) Mm-ni-iuv, kha-TU-a Jh/t'j kha-ra-^*a-f« ituise. Ar., khfl-m-iah- 

 ahah w., kha-m-^-t^h Heb., klie-m-as Malirali, kh-iuh Gura, kha-m-iar- 

 ti Baby Ionian (klw-n~«i 50) kha-m-sha kha-m-e&h^'. GhaJd., a-m- 

 18-^, au-m-is-^ .Vmhuri<-, (ka-m-^^a TjU), au-ro-ish-f*-, ha-ra-ish-f;' Tigre, 

 ft-ni-'i*-^, hji-mm-irf-/ Ilarrayi. tui-m--5.H--frt Giifat, ha~m-?Ji Africjvn Arsi- 

 bic iind Km;j:h«'tlesi, a-jn-iw Arkiko, su-m-iw IJerljer, sm-m-os-f, iShillah, 

 tu-in-sat Tiinniani, o-ma Tuniidi, ^f(Wu-me Dalbi, [See rikntiitic A'ume- 

 nils]. In tiae.He forms, wliicli are ratiieally 3 {i. e. 1, or 3, 2, the initial 

 miit variojj to kh, k, h, a and t, and it^ vowel to a, e, and u. 



The u, o form— probiddy the arehaie llimyarititj— appears to have 



* I have not men T^p-nua'g paper on the Egyjttian numeralii, but it 

 appear from BuiiaeTf s reference to it in his Egypt, that L4?psiua comiidered 

 to to l)c'^(for2 + 3.) ^« t « 1 



t £» hud the &Aim Ibrm in the tu-% su-m of Bi;rliar, Dalla Stc, {see b). 



