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proWbly dIio ulJeat,l>eitisf that of tlio Yuma gr,, Karen^ Tiuin<r-thii, Bur^- 

 m:iii, Sijij^^ihtt, Dhimttl, Nipal&c. — sum, tum, ttin^suiig, tlitui,thu,30Jig-,SUj 



UJIl. 0111. 



Vi, The Cliiiiose Ink ftppcarfl to be a liqiiifl vurJety of the full archaic 

 u foi'in. Tht' 11, u vuwel h retumed in all the lliiiiijluie form,-*, fn the 

 Tibeto-ritmiiith.LJi (Ikilectd the pretix the gulturd; deiit-ul or sibiiaat. 

 The root van(%> to rii, n>, mn. 



The dfiitiil imd (mhUul vtirieties are fouml iti th« Bhotiflu duk, tuk, 

 tliii, Gyur, tok, Horpa ohUi*. Tbe la.st h ]>robably a primury Corm of! 

 sihiitsir to tbt; jihothm dm ut" 10. The otJu-r.^ niaj also U' more full 

 jnimitive foifW.-*, but the iiiiinedmte j?ourc<? may Ih? thu JUiothm druk, atid 

 driik may be rbe CJiiiiejw hik wiifi u llluaiaii prHix f/^nik. I'ttssiblv" 

 dr i.^ an arcliuif iiitertiiediak' furiii iK^twt'fii fhe dentjd ;iiid iht* hrjuid. 



VII. Mituyak s-kvvi, u i'onii ut' th*- tudt predtrved iu SJ. Lt'jtcha kyok 

 (=kyotofU), a ffinarkalde archaic iitrm. 



The lihotinii and Lhopa dun, !Seri«a dyun, Chunglo ziiii), I imw consi- 

 der native, lor thu r«i-*oiit* <fivi'ji elsu where, (,'liauiflo hua the ardiaic 

 form of 1 jn-evserved iu 5. Mijbu hm jmii, u furm correspuadiiig" with 

 the J-iiu iiuu^ i. 



XilL Ijbotiiin fjyud, Simwar yoh (? Mijhii iigun). 



IX. Both CJjiiiesti mid Tibetan retain arimaie forms, ky«u, kiti, gTi Sec. 

 Bholi.ui, Tukj^ta sjiid llorpu preserve the inaiumate preiix, ti'-y u, (/tf-^u, 

 r-tru. ill iU«wjutbit isi fuuud ill Garo ^A-kit, BckIo A-kn, rA-kti, Winy^pho 

 fs^-ku, Khiudki chn-kUf ^oginm*: ta-ku, T^ii^^-^a t/tu-ku, Ktiaii tC'-ku, 

 Xuud tu-Lof Kuiiti ;«'kau, Milrh. .v-^oi, K;uvit khwi. Th.^ Lepi:Jia 

 /^^ kyot isau nrcliaic CIinie.>e form simibir to llie Bhot. jryuj of 8. The 

 ti_\ft.ui eiiyu U au itintaiiee of the chini^ij of the archaic g-uttural iuto ell, 

 widcb h;L» C^ken place in tbe Chuiese 1 and lU. 



X. Bliot. b-iihn ; Tltoehu Art-dUj Kiimi Iui-ah^ Suk si bu. The Kiiki 

 mm-k.i \ii'fAtir\iiA the full arehuii; form. Teiig-s* has the liquid variation 

 f.he~la [=iheAu}r^ f^i-m &c". in 6], 



C. chuiu-wuri Kunii, lo-A-ru Nog'aiin^(10 X iO), ta-loyeu Toung-thu. 



2d, a forms. 



Tho a form u ftlao preserved in several dialects, and h probablj^ 

 »ij<'val w ith tiie u form. 



I. ni llorpu, a Tho<;hn, ta Manyat. Thi.-* wns evidently a common 

 TiljHaii form at one period. In the ^outb it is Yuma, Burman, Karen 

 liud Toimy,-tlju. From tho diHtributkni of the a form.s they npjiear to I)q 

 of the dnijie u^o with the u forms. OoJiip. Tmirdii Mcz-ln, .\oir. A/(-taiJgj 

 8^au tu or ta The Buruaan wr, tach [=tiiu^ Ho^^.j pr^.-fervea the 

 un liaiu iTutturitJ final. 



III. The L'iiiiu'iie form is sain, varied to Mn;r, i^'Aii^ ss\, ta. Iii Tihet it l«j 

 Oidy found in (iyjiruiiir, /f«-^un, wht'iiuo it has been trajjsferred to the 

 *outl), UoiiifiT th'(' foiiu of Mijiiu, Mikir, Uaro, BoJo, the Su^.v groups 

 (save Aut»:ami), Dophla, Chnng-lOf Lepeha, rfuiiwar. it jtrobublj b^loaga 

 to the laie.st Gyurung current. In some of the xN'a*fa diukotf! tUe sibi- 

 lant is hurdKiiJd into z, r, 1,— aim Muthtux, rum 3am^ang, Icm Tablung-. ' 

 Kitsia ha^ lai. 



VL The a form is very rare. Thochu hm khn'tn-rc and M ijhn Ac- 

 thaiK, tiie G^varuuii U form. 

 VII. CUue^^e iu I£wang-tun» hsa tsaf, Thochu sAn. 



