m 



EtirxOLOGT or THE IKUGT-FACIFTC tSlAW$>?. 



to be an nrcbjiip 01iinf*,^fi mimerdt. It is similar to some of the current 

 Chinese iivords lV«r /mir, • 



IV. Thf otde-^t forms flfprnr to be the ITorpiiJha, Kimnti fw, AMin^ 

 doij Aiiiromi tbi, dt'h, vbicb sni- prubulily fXivni]>leH of firflntie Chi- 

 nese J'uriurt I'iirly ciim'nt with tihn, or uiii. Tbf Chinefie h'lm^i 2 is u 

 Bim)l:ir form. Arulmic iuriii!? i*re a^^^^> |»rt!8frv wl in tbuae fianic!* for 5 

 wltich |>iT|>OH-r tbo word for 4 — Hii, Tnk|»ii, jilisi, Dliitnul, nii Bflrtirju, I^i 

 iVlijhii (li iu Abor.). Se<i p. 19. The Takim and Dbimiil Via, are evidently 

 from baitfT. 



z &€. hi K\vjin-lj\V4k the nrt-hjiic suuml ni hyconiC'* r and J (=/h)- Thi« 

 cliaiijre wmilil wnivert tb© rmi into zhn iTbuubu)) "'"I ibe t iirreut Chinese 

 SK, 8s arearailou'ous foriMii, si, ti boitii'' |jrobuh]y liitcr. Tlie S, r fonns are 

 probably oldt-r tbati t lie si hi bin Lh. The intm-hanjie of ni and b is m eany 

 and coninuai that f'urni^j in b nnint havi! early haeii currt-ntin Cbinu aloiij^ 

 with n i\>m\^. The current baufr, leudg- bliow that the ti was columoted 

 tritb I before the final eonsijiiant w ua UiA, 



The Tib< liiii aiid Suutheni li, di, ri, le^ deh &c. are of a Irttfr rytie than 

 lha, nij but older tiiaii the Hbibmt. As the Ilorjni Iba adhifff to (tif nor- 

 jnal torm of the Tboriiu v.La, ho (lie earber form of tlif Ilhotian 7.hyi, ihi 

 iri jirei-ervyd in the T:!k]>ii jj, autl tljc ( iyariiu^r di is refenible to ii H-iiJ*flm- 

 foi-rn. It must have luevuiled in Tibet u hVn theiiumerflirt werf ctiriied south. 



V. The okler Cbinf.'ie n^o, n«r an* broader fhiiu llif old forms of 2 

 no, n5, ftiul similar to st me artbalc IJimalaie ones, — iifro, njia. in Tibet 

 the::*e arehrtie Ibimrt are al*i<> eurrent as 5, — iij^o, ii«:a. idia. 



Ill the Hontb nfiii fJibotisin, Jklunyak, Thochii) ii?i the most eommon 

 form. The o, ii vowel ofXliiuese and ( !yarun<r i-* fouiid in Jvfiyenjr npiu, 

 An^'ami, Teit^Mi, >oj^aanjj^ n^n, Abor, iJopbhi and Sunwstr jig^o, Lepi ha 

 li^oii. The sileiider vowel wf Uorpa gvve and Takptt Un-nire iy not fotiml 

 iu the south. 



VII. In Tibet the Hasai form with the e vowel y found in the Ilorpa 

 ajid Gyarun^'" 7 «s in '2. Both e and i are fominoii in the Houtb. 



Tlie older liroa<l lonu ia foujid in Xomi^-thu nwot, Kumi sa-r)l (as m 

 Jy«-in 4), IJmbu nn-.s/f. 



The a form oecnrs iu Jlutliun a-nath, Ahor 7w-n«ngH'f Doplila kn-^n^f 

 Cheping L-fiti-iia-^ho. 



VIII. The Tboihii ni of t^f-ni-rc, GyaniTiw or t>f or-yet, and Borpi 

 rhi of rhi-pe aie exnm]ile;!4 of the throe fortn^ T,vhieh the root baj^ actjuired 

 in the li<iuid variety. The Jihufian of //r-*i-yud njtiiear.-* to be mt-rely a 

 iiouble (>reli.x to fryud ixa in br-iiya. HHJ where the guttural can only Ite 

 the unit, (miiiji. /-hya lliO Horpa* par-ye lOU Urarnng). When tlr^ 

 form of 8 wai^ produced » the 1, r lorm ui':j inu»t have Leeii eurront in Titjpt, 

 or at hast, in the dialect which orijiiiiated sueh a form. The J^JaTiyat ia 

 <in 40 zyi) appear.- to he a i<ibilaiit form of an older ri or li similar to the 

 ilorpa iht. Jn the South the olde.>t group jtrmrrvea soiue toil forms 

 ISru ri yat, ivuki ri^'t, rik-t, Sbimlu (7ni-ri^a. Siniihir tornitt without 

 the ID or iu remnant ocuui' in liii-uuii re-^M, Muinii, linruug j?-re {=p-rt 

 i2 of .Mru). 



• PfK*.^ibly it ii* from Uonjpr. In the deoftying" Chinp.'?? jilionoloiry m 

 JiDSPes into K, ami j. Tburf the Sban^^i hui eolloquial uiun won is read z,ud, 

 ttud. ill ik-rtruoii-tujig has btcome jin j uiuhjfush ia zuli lOkijuh. 



