ItTHKOLOQT OF TUB fN»0-l»ACIFTC ISLAKD8. 



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6, Mmellatiemts vo&tMe$, 



The etTinic pliicc and influence of the Tibetan g-lortgariea cnn only be pro- 

 perly sbuwu by ueai iK ofg-enr-rul cuTnpuratjve t:il'l«.\^ of all the known hnnB 

 of Smith Eiwt ABAivi nwt^. These tahhA mmt *^mhm c, l.-*t, the Ckiue&a, 

 2d, tlie Scjthic, with the rtlhed W. E. Asiun, Cttucai^i::n, In(Jo.Euro|>eiiJit 

 8i;rait«>-Aincin tuiti i£al;-.^so-Potynediafi tonus*, 'M, the Druviriun tmd 

 Dnivirtt-Aj^ooeHifJi, 4th, the Tibi'to-Ultrtiiiidian and derivative lliinabjcK 

 A.^anuiitan, aatt, Mi, thu Mon-An;aji ami •i'^rivrttivc Ilimiilr'yu-A.soiieaifin, 

 The emrifiiimtive V(icul<ul!iiie.-t of this kind which I h.ive compiled are not 

 yet complete euouii^li for publics'tioii ; ;nd, for the present, I mu«t reter the 

 reader to the appended vocabularies, alf hou^h, from the time that haa 

 piujsed mnur they wnrc pi qmrt'dj they a!*c, to u hi rge extent, out of date. 

 1 shall here examine mm\i groupj of root^ with ra irr; exactm'^^ and fuUiiess* 

 The g:«nenil result of the c^minji-ujm 1 have hitherto Leon able to iHBk^ 

 may first he briefly stt^ted. 



The v^xioiB formj* and appheations of almost any single root, jind tho 

 mr-.tiniT i»Vhi(th they are now fitimd diiipfrsed amonij-st the Tibeto-Ul- 

 tidndian and ilon-Aiun:! voeubulariftSj jusstify the following iuferencea. 



liit. Thellimalaic grlossaiiea liave aii firchaic radical ooimeetioa with 

 the Chuif*se. 



2d, Thev hkwe both "!in s'chaio radical and an intiinatfl secondary cou- 

 Tl action witfi the rf<!yJluc f,;;lo'Ssarit'js. Notonl / the rmji, but various foims .L d 

 epplif i^timH of itj a:e oft^n .oiiiMon tr- the twf« ppn mvc^.. f)f iluw 8t ythn 

 forma ijomc L ;vc been retiiiiie I in Tib t, while t»therii arc imw ubrftJeto 

 there» but current, iri Gung'efco-Uttniiudian voralmlaries, Thj. 'Jlbetq- 

 Burraun and Mtin- Ana vii glam: Ties pos!*egs raany of the i.orrai.l variaUoni 

 to which rootij ne liiJde in !^c_\ thi< from tin, ciiange of thv vowel ; from, 

 the itrfdumptiuLi or disciHinp" of a iinal cori;M»natit, uiut;t! It; froi i a dent -I, 

 »:lil^int or ijputtunij to . li|Tud : ml fivtm the i»ri'St*iiee or al*senef. of a aervila 

 definitive. In th^ iH iyiit liltotiuii luid tin- ullii-d snothcjrn fomin, and in 

 the less emLacidiitcd Mon-Anai'' fi'nn>, the Stsytliic eoni<t>imTit}il tinaU are 

 f::^Tim;l m.^ch mor* freijututlv (h ■ ki fJlnm^*^. Even thu nndfot ( 'hiif:** 

 f »i'mH are frsqueatly lesf- onsojjinifid (b.m tlu' JIon-Aetam, fhr. f^'ythicand 

 r :ii.y "jfthcii -iet t Bhotifin. The inHui»ni:e of th« luo-Vrn emns id i^ed 

 C.biJiieae iB gtrong-ly marked h, U tlir Tiktj-l lti-dindiaii pk^nolojjie?! 

 jscludinL- thf Vro:de!i" and most (^m.^nnnntal. 



g l, "tl'CTfi iTt: upoci 1 Mfrro-Turkish andTuTkiijh affinifcipfl. 



4th, Vt-riou . tVjriiiii of t/j,e raffia muso h ve l>ee]i narritd by diiTerwrt 

 routes and mxgpratioiis, jjid by iiJiereLt tribes, from Tibet acrosa Um Hi- 

 iLalas-fts. 



etfi. From the varieiy of the^e cis-Him^ilayan forma, the niode of thta? 

 diatri Lotion, unci the pTesfrvatio i of i<t.'Veni! that htive been loat in Tibet, 

 ft 36 c^rtuii- th-il tht Tilitau iij%r„L. ua. txi the aouthwi^ij Oolu—Ci^ced al » 

 «r>' remote period, 



eth. In the G ^ng^to-tntmin-ir^n province these fomsB wefre furthet 

 difsptirsed and :i.o<aJtit;i ; ind district ''.mcs of diffusion are re';ogTiizAbIe, 



7th. Iti3 p.'-Hlle that fTor:i ea'jh of the southern ethnia diitricta of 

 Ti>etj rdtrr .tioM hive tttken plm-e in different ag*s, £in 1 thai the limita 

 ftT:d mutui! rclatiwna of th2 trihofi have varied. At prtsciil the trilxn* ia 

 c^ritAct with ihe »uh-HiTiii'vl3y:.jQ^ und poi9es^|]: aH the kaowii ^mm^ are 

 Bhoti^ £Jid tLe T>ikp^ 



