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ETaAOtO&T or T3JE JNPO-rAClTIC ISLAIVBS. 



VIII. The eaTn€ brond form is found ifi several of the PoiifhRm str-> 

 t«ms, reprejsentint? 10. It appears to have been the old Inwiidi form— 

 Tounp--tbUj Khyon^r, *Sinfrpho, Bodoj ^Vwar— t^at, tliat^ sat, tn &c. 

 The Takpa yu, Mru j'at, Knmi sithI Krimi jn, are from an a variety of the 

 ftrchuic form pre-^erved in (he HhotiJin jryti'd. 



IX. Tlie n furm^ np}M?!ir to lie refe^raiile to the archnic nmph'ficntrone 

 of u. Thus the Dnnhla knyo fippcars to hp n hroarlfr Viiriety of the an- 

 ciefrt fonn preaervea in the Lepuhn kyot. Tiie Kwimg-luiijr kfiu >«* a siiiti- 

 lar Cliineiie form, perhaps more archaic than tiu, kyeu The Lau and 

 Kumi kau aren-lenible to it. 



The nsmir of the double Abor term ]io-mmo'-ftOy ko-ntuvii-r^ ia an archiiii 

 10 found in the Bojibhi nmg 10, UTid corresponding- with the 1 nf llorjia 

 ra, and Lau wingj Ung 6cc. The Taying" ko-nyonjf 0 has the broad Ln» 

 vowel. 



JJhimnl hai^ia Fimilar double form ko-hn-hnff, nnd Ta\-injr has hn-hn/f. 



X. Chint'st; cU:iiji, Tlie Horpa s-v:«, s-kn, Garo .9-knTiir, in a vocnlisfjd 

 variety of a atill niore archaic ibrui. The Lhopa cha of rha-tliami ha* tht 

 Chinese form, r^ewar wm-bo, Kliyen*^ ha, Kami ha ofhnpnh. 



The Bhotiiin thom-/^ff ftp|»ef»r3 'to be an archaic form correftporidirqr 

 with the Chinese chap, Kuki Bum. 



tkJplila riiiiffj Khsin /tf-rnhj Skindu 7«("-rhn. (See I). 



Kumi ban, an ampliiied foriu comsj ion dli air with kau fl. 



C. Erya-tbam-^-tt liliot., gya Serpa, cba-the (io X 10) Nama., ya-kh* 

 Shtiidu^ tii-yu tSiik, 



8uu«'Hr s-wai ka (1 XI for 10 X 10, ka 1 Simwar, dii-wai 10' Munni). 



i-bvn Jlorpa, lat-su (10 + 10) 8iugpiio, ra-sa Kuki, A-laat Khyeng-, ta- 

 ra Kiiioi, iJui jjiitn wr. (ta.ya s/k), 



SU-mfer Forms. 



T. CljincBechit, chck, ^t, it, ih, i*, i, Bhot. fthig*, flynr. ti. The*# 

 slender forms have made hule progrress in tbe-aonlh, and must hnve Iteoo 

 received wiibsequt^nt io thy miyiiitiou of the bro^d foms ])ie6erved m 

 Manviikj }Iorpa and Thocbu. 



II I, The ordy shMider forms are the Thochu, Manynk and Sak. 



V L T b ei e !i re u o i^leii der forms. 



VII, Tho Ch!iie.-«e lonns are {generally slender. As an archnic braid 

 form is fouhd in tJ, it may be enfjuired whether the Chinese 7 diJ not 

 i-etain il^a full Jonii H, 1, until siher tiie devekvpinentof thealender form of i f 



VIII. (jHro ehet, Muthun fit-chet, Khuri art-chet, Burm. shyit, 

 Noirnun^'' tfl, Deoiia?/rtc/rt-clie, Chong Aw-ti, Teiiy,iift fAt^-aep. These ai* 

 uJl referable to the Uioiieru 10. 



L\. The modem Chinese kivi, kycu, are not connected with the mo- 

 deiri i*Ieiider 1, 7 or lU, but wilh the archaic form of 1. They llbeto- 

 Ukruindiau foruii* are all broad. 



X. The t"hLiiei>e blejider abi, ship, eip. &c. has been Tfpcfivpd into Gy- 

 arunir Miiin_vak tiiid Tnkpu. iu tlic south it tti found in tonjuiurtion with 

 an older broad foim, (H|uivulent to om' tin- ('iO bein^ in nmiiy two tmj 30 

 tihTiir fi n Aic.). Bnriiian sht!, Toni>g--thu tuh-s;i (ta in l \ Suk si su (an 1), 

 Naiuijang i-cln, (Mikir t-clu l)»8ij»g'pbo Bodoji, Abor u-yin^-, L'hyu^lo 

 se (iiltio aonjjf), Lf pelia A-w-ti ^1 hi-t, t lyarung- hti-U)^ Ka^m t»bi pon, Um- 

 hii thi bong:, Muraii cbi wai, l^au lorn. eS^f Mildr kepj, Eimnti kip, 

 Cbep. gyilj. 



C. Ajiirami //-re. — 



