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1CTHN0L06T OF THE INDO PACIFIC ISLATjDS. 



been cariy and widely eitread over North and Middle Africa — pre- 

 cediMT the a form of Zimhian It is found in Darfur oa,*— with 



m ( for 2 ) in the Dalla, Berber, "limmam and some other archaic 

 fonns of the Semitic 6 su-w, tu-m &c,— with n ( for 2 ) in 

 Galla ahu-H.> Sbiho ko-w, — and in flBTeral Mid- itrican vociibuJaries, 

 Fiilah dso-wt ( dae-gxj, d.-JO-« ^>-go 6, i. e. 5, 1 ), Dsuku tso-wtia, u-tao- 

 <«fw, Dstirawa to-«rtrt, Mbarike t-teo-Wj Al'udu ffi*£i«dsu-m, fe-tti-c% 

 Okulomo Bti-«fl, ilftiidinpro grr. BO./u,su-/j Uv.^ WolofF dsu-dom, dsi-rom in 

 6, 7 [luamba ku'dom, ku~him 1 J, Felup J'lt-to-ffm, Filham ^w-tohp 

 Dahamey 't. ff-tt», ?fiitl gr. <i-tii, //K-t*u ^ctr., Ibo gr, i-ao, /i-to, Yas«gua, 

 Hani to, Akfl.lp\iti, a-nu e-ru &c..' Eri^glja i-thu &cr., See fr, e and li, for 

 other exaroples of the wide ciuTenL;y oi"o and u fonns. To tlie Babylo- 

 nian su-su of 60 Culouel llttw]uxr:j>n' has novr enabled «s to add su-nnu 2 

 (identical itJi the lid pron. pi.), 1f*ii-flii 6, ru-hu-l, su-ma-na 8. • 



(o.) The (Jalla tmd otbi;r fonm with tli*- finul litjuid n, ana, lu kc, have 

 60 wide a rant^e that thi^y must be considered sepni-atelv and more fiul* 

 ly. Kha-n, shu-n, 7ji-n SaiimaU, GuUa, ko-n Hhiho, ko-no-<^(WJ Dan- 

 kali, ta-no Huahelij i- da^no Ki-Kflmbu {dc-n in f)), za-no Ki-iN'ika ( ha-n, 

 ta-n in d), m/M,'t-nu >r»kiia, //m-^a-nu MudjiUja, «^hya-nu Mtutondei 

 t>i-tii-nu Tnkwjjm, ^:l-ml Ma-nntsa, (a-n in 0), sJia-nn .Sofnb (ta-n in 6), 

 thtt-rm Miwntnijikij tba-nu l)ala'_wa Bay, w-ka-no JSyambana, txla-nu 

 ZuJn, txlfl-rn, <^ha-nu Kt, b"iuijiii, liifi-nu Kusalj, tii-nrf Bt-nguela, Ajig-ola, 

 Koni.t), Kanihinda, ?/«-t;i-un iil undjt>k, ^a-nu Sdrdio, Bnnda, m«-ta-a 

 Camanoontf, nl-io^n^: Ktrajmy, *r-Tu-jH', K-^ti-en Karai)a, o-tar-m llnnp), 

 BO^iij (Jaibra, -f/t-1i-r(3I*'ko, kl-tn-n Kayke, Ifa-tn-n Bnng-o, ta-ngr Binin, 

 tfr-to-ng* Papah (Bahamey), ii-nu iViripon, un-ia Akkim, A-nn-m Aroina, 

 e-nu-w l''.-uiti, i-tt'Uu Ashanti, i jtmbaUIy fium mi-ii-tiu, mi, hi &e. beingp 



luVei(the Ist HHiient with r> as in Paj«ih, <-'filbrjt, Aaraba, Kempay", 

 Shilio and Dsmknli ), stt-li Hiwu, ( tlif fli-ment u itli i a» in some of the 

 lower Niperbm and Galmn term.-! ), dii-li Hokko, <lo-lu, lt>-iu Mendi, lu- 

 lu ftljiiidiit<r«, nft-lu Ptwa, la-lu Koa-u^ lo-lu Jullunkaii, jigTie-nu Kisai, 

 H-To Voruba, 



Tbe llauKrt bi-w t, fn-iir, )\ii>*lnni bi-ft, Kallahi vy-dip, Hallowa lie-a 

 stronprly rcH-ndib' ^i>m*' of thf t^inbim foiins of »L(* Zindjinn ffi-ta-nw] vi~ 

 to-nn. KwalSaJifa bas bti-k-v/v^. Jii thf i al]u-Ziiiibii.n tenii the r<.t)t vajjea 

 from \hf wiiikiift liiid ibntal tu tbf putti nd. inid in Moudiujiu the common 

 iiit<eruhaj)i;e ot tbf si! i]ini( and liijuid takes |)ltii e, smlu, lolu. Other iitjuid 

 varieties art ^ivni by lu»ei]e, c-hiu Pcnin. i;i-w ilandaiUr e^lon EaJ'en^ 

 he-ron Mbofon. [ =yini*ia ^^-ar, ijal], /dan ^jHUibana, ltti-(h Pika, /o-di 

 Bode, ui9-ruj a-iu, e-m, e-ri Yoruba «'r., e-lu l-oftla, b»-uu Giiiejii). Aoelle 

 aha aivea be-tajie Mu, mi-tan Vjudiisiaj he-ta Huinndo, bt-tai, wt-tai, 

 Koniruflii, 



The (.Jolla-Zimblan term is e^'idendy o<^;Tiate with the Semito-Li- 

 hyan sibilant 5, with the m 2 replaeed by the n 2. Comp. Berbe? 

 su-m-WSf Kurjdin su-m-wjf, 81iillah au-ni-o^-^.Titnani tu-m-at, ti>-m-iit, tna-m- 

 titf Dalla i-M-su-nie, Landoiua/7/--ts.a-m-t*<, ilimba Jtfl-i^iL>-f &c. The Galla shu-n, 

 the jShiho and Daimkil ko-ii, ko-no, with dotne of the Zimbian and weat^ 



■ But tliSsi may be tiie rexmiatrt of a term like sum-os ^i^ee c). 

 ■\ On the prevalence of v, o, fonas hi the earhf;r Seniitni, and theil 

 tiUQ^ereut'e to AMm by tke Bab^ loiio-IiLffiiiuitic cohmMSj ^ejp, -L 



