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ETHN0I.OaT OF THE INOO PACfFlC ISLANDS. 



The pronoan* of a\\ ihent* ti\n}f^ftn trt>. Sirait-UltrainrtiBn. Th? 14 jt 

 n^B, nje, in Tabpa^ th& vuwel hfxng PXf«?ptional 'J'he RJS^ MKdmi ke 

 ar>pear3 to be a vuriation of it. DaphJa and A bar hare npn, the ChVn^-e 

 fiirm,— the Sifan and Bliotian bt'ing r<fiB. Mi*hiiii ham ha. Ih*" Manvsk, N«ffa 

 and Mikif a. Tlie 2d han fbc l-hmfse fi>rm atno iotujd Horpa (ni). but 

 conirHftted (o i, Diphla and Abor hav«^ no — the Manyak form — and il if 

 aUo possessed ulipbUy modtfii?d by the Wentem JVlisbmi, nyo. The 3fi in 

 I'^kpH pf^, be, whii'h '\3 not J^ifan bat Chlnpap and en^t'ern Mi^thmi, w«. 

 The Inbial is D;ipbla ma, and Ahor bn.Tbp Wvn'^'srn Mifhmi rnm- 

 hiiiM it with t!i** dMrytal rntij, TlnF Takpa pi postfix i*-ro, ihe Dtipbia 

 /« (Ji VHT of the !.Mmp pariif)(>}, th* Ahor-lu or-la-^e (romp Horpt t»- 

 a-ron^ in Hnn'h^r Abnr fnrm, and fbp Mi'^bmi Aorjc f<irr*»!ipr>ndi vith it, 

 E. Mi*b(iii ba* Mn/ (('frnp Sirip^pbn theng, Afipamf foWt, Teng'tB AAo/a) 

 &n, 'I'hp Tdkpfl poHif is -^lu the Daplila an*Abop -f. TbeTakpada. 

 tti'* il* f.f/n, li. Ihe iWanrak ire Daphia ha^ -Ad. Abor -rtfi'p^ i>r'ke'pe 

 f'tl lowing (he pn<.s. {-ff-kr-pe), bn nnd jp? bfio^ ihe i^ame a** Iht! (Vtatiyak 

 tve. and the l akpa /a, Horpa rfa. BboHan la- ^a, rn. J'h© I'akpa 

 eb'iiiiv* '"rrofn", is i. which msj b<? a contrarlion of the Manyak nt. (*hi* 

 Fiv-Hf" H Bhotiiin nc. rf»-ne D-iphla ban 'p'-ga-m. Abor •g'ke-m, *"r -g-lo^ 

 kr-m [-g pofi* , -/o lorafiT^). in whrrh 15^/1, Ae are Horpa. j^Afl. 't'horho, pe^ 

 jt, rhan;^(<i ^ai. Hartnaii ^^a. Gafo -fii-AA*? The in^trumtfntal i^ in Takpa 

 and Gyaruwff |i, Bhofian ^i-s Abor -fto-At in Oapblft^i7iO-«o (following 

 th<# T'o*K .-(7-\ fomp, Punwar wi IJirhu nw, Lei»cha nctn, BurrriBn trAen^, 



The oiiniieralfl prenpnt funm^ eninrirffofpti. The \ of Abor a-ko titay be 

 the Mdnysk ta-At ^nd Tboj'hii a-ri (not Takpa t*u, or GyaroneJrn-ibi), 

 but an s~ B prptiic and mko a poatBx in iha oihr<r ntimeralit, the rnot 

 B'^petkr^ to hav>> bHFn ]n»t in L alihnn^b it i^ prenfrv^d in 6 nr kt^ng tcOt 

 mid in (he adjiffnt Chan pin diairrtof Lhopa. k buns', Daphirt re'aina it 

 in t a ken. 2. Daphli o-rti, Abor ni ko' Bhotian, N^ea, Himalayan | 

 T'ikna hfi9 nai 3. 1), a am. A a um Takpa sum, Gyar pam. 4, D. 

 fl p li. A o p i Ao- (Chanalo pb i), T. p H. 5, D a ngo, A. a nso-ko, u* 

 n^o, pi li— iiso.4o (4 rppfflipi). T li-s nge (4 repealed}. 6 D o-k-p- 

 le (a-k= fl-k^n J. p*lp propprly 4, bt*t here contracted frttm the originaT 

 fnll form of 5 ii-li-a-nffff), A. a-kpop-io (the I of D.)» Cbanglo khonf 

 7 i>. ka-na-s A ki-ni*-A-o. fcjt-njd-g (Borm. jtAu-nbit in 2 ohaiif, 

 nhacb-sna^ of D ) T nln {2h 8, P plap-nae 2), A. pi-ni-*« (4, 2). 

 9, D. knyn, Lepfha kyot (neui^r to tiie Chint*fie kin, kieu, Vao than Ihe 

 common Tibefo-Uitr- gti, k" &■» , A. kn-nftntf-^'O it Gyar, kimp-s^t). lO, 

 J} rtkne {Karmn laog I), A nyyn^-ko It may be irtferred that 'J'tikpa haa 

 a iAme «iperial ooensTtion v^'ith tht> Daphia and Abor, but that the period 

 of their sppaf at jori (ivftf* TP ry a orient. l*he louthern dialert* retain snmB 

 arohair full form* not now f»>tind in Takpa or the S!fao lanposffei, and 

 thgr hare oon-Taifpa traitd in oomaion with Chotian, and with Sifan and 

 UltfH Indian dialecta. 



4. Kumerah. 



1. Th* BhntiiB i-cTiiir i(J tha or'ainal of the Mortt*! (fhr Ik, 'of art fell 

 the Gnrunir kri ii a eontraf «inn. The Bbotion ap chib is found in iJ^r- 

 Lbfipa has chi, and N-war ehhi- The Liiuha ihit preaeiTei ths 

 Chiii«"p 6ntl, aTid th* Tskpa thi ia a CJ^ntraction of a itnrtilaT form, 



Th« Naga k&'Ung, {ka-t ia higher pQffiberaJi jta-to, a^kh-tt (/ a^klift) 



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