ITHNOI-OOY OF TUB rSTSO-PACUriC ISL.VIfD3. 



The only broad htm» similnr to Tuocliu are p-m-p Chepang, p-vvih 

 The only nnsntl fonns are those of Abor and Mikir. 



ItK?SL>l/rS. (I). The iirdiiiio broad tWiu iifro, no &c. i.^ tuirreiit lii 2, fltfd 

 5 of Chitiese itiiii st-veru] ot' tht* TihHo-UlTniiiKliiUi diuli-ft^, but in most 

 cusf's wtlh the ii viHTtil, jijul in several with n tijsnl cunsunimt, k, t, ngc^ 

 Frutii ita L'Teat per^s i stent y in a tUroiifrhuut tJie t/ltiiJO- Hi m:iliiic province, 

 itiijipe«rj< that it wa.*a ciinvnt form of 2 whfii 5, by tlll'uwihi^ 6^' the 

 won! for ;i, auiinireil tbf ehantcter ui'a tlistiiu-t r<tor, fliiil was ihui exempt- 

 ed from (tiirtii!(|jatjun in the latf r ehanjit"^ which *2 i^iiircreJ, 



(2). Liqiiiii f(inri."s vf i!, both bniad iind sliMiiIin-, tiiijiHuf to have (eiirlV 

 Im^ii evolvnl^ auil to h:iv(* htH'ii t-nrrriit ulon^r \vifli cJtieri. Thtiisfe 

 oi'twoor iiitin (uuitfH for '2 i>i cmtitnori tu the ChruiJ-Iliitial.ii*; with other 

 nuiir»tral ^<y^tfills, The Cliinn^e liaii^", h'unjj 2 is an am'u'ut form. It 

 ivas in'uJjubiy tU« m^wt twnnuni iiatiieiu tlie dialert tiiat Jirt^t pive thu 

 numerals tu Tibet, fur it u|t]ittar» tu \nt the ]iaront of li;v, li, la, lu, ri, 

 r;ij ni <kt%, tUt> font! of 2 which miiFt bav*' Uwu currotil \^'hi-n tbi* tixfst- 

 hi^ Tiheto-UIlraiudiaij t, H iiud iu were protbictnt, Tlifc ChhjPHf, like 

 tliR Hiiuulaiu, sihikiiit •l-ai»|"earr! to be n-iVialih^ lu iJiis^ fortii. 



The Chinese form of 4 theji ourniut luu.-^t liave betiii Ibrtg, leun«r, 

 ( ? liaiijf-liau^r jSt,..) ur a ^iiuihir furm wiiich uffcervvards beijamb sibllaoit, 

 and acqnirrii the churartf r of an jndf jiendp?it root. 



{'A). Thf^ cm rt^nt llinjal;iif niender Jia^al fi-rrus of C are local vjiriit- 

 tioit.* iif the HichiJiir broad iHisa I form. Tiie aii' ient ru, li camrut he dh- 

 rired frum ni, the uiu^t niudcrti Jbnn of ii<iak or jjvuk. The rt'lation 6( 

 the Ilionditio ni Ut Ua, li, lu &f. mpjiours to bf hiuiilar to that ttf tl/e 

 ;>!taniibai ni to linnir. liuth )mvu l)(*efi derived tluoUfjrh dilfpt'ent cbaiJ- 

 jH'liii fruiii a )>iimai"y »a!^o-jrnftoral ruot iti:\ik, nyok icv. In the liiToa- 

 hie province the 1, r, immoral appf'iii?^ tu huvu fallen hjto disu.^*' iji '2 in 

 nearly idl th« diidwtrf, the (/urroJJt l>fin;r in ^^tiuvrnl the riiihal. 'iliv 1, v 

 form him kii^t it,-< binary tbarttcttpr, and in mo.sr of the tli^decttt liua eoiicreted 

 with the tML-haic litbial prelix. the (i€t;iirreiUM^ ot the later prevjdciit 5, 

 ■ iid not of (he earlier //-Ii kc, in 7 may nr'i^e fitim 7 Imvinn^ heni (1, 1 

 while h wa.s uM-d in '4, a» in Chinese, IbT^ia, Manyak ^:c. That tlie 

 quinarv^ 7 was ijot foimed till j/A'i Ikv, w di^-niiird tor 'J, apj'ear.s from its 

 not only taking'" the later uuxreiit furm of :^ hut the later preiix. 



To eniii]ilete tliis review of the elenj''nf,s that enter jiitori eompart-^rrij 

 #f the Himalaic numeralsi and throw li*:ht on the history of thir'ir ditVu- 

 flion, it it* tft-cessarv to advert tu the viirituis tnrms uf flm j^rclixi'S aud 

 postiixfj*. Thetie are t*imj>Jy the urebaie delhritivfi* of I he furiualion used 

 po?8P?'.-^iveJy or ijuahtivfly, as in the uumerul system;* of other forina lions 

 that retuiu tt jiOfat .-ipive servile, 



TbefaliiaJ (animate, m»m:Uiine, fem.) U well distinguished. The ofhera 

 jire.^ent some didiculty. The iao>t iui|«orraut in the >?utiuni.l, iniiiiijuatts 

 jn the Tibetan syttteTUi .\.s uii iirchwii: ju-etixed dcf. it iiaa the vaiiatiuiid 



k ; tl, t; z, f^, h ; r, ], u. 



In the Merular pj ii:: re.-« of jrWasfarial niHtBtion, the defitutives have 

 ftetjutrt'd various .^jn-'tilie lunetiotit*, :iud different funuii are now in 

 many tu!*ef»t'f][uivuletit to <iir*timit ro.itd. The tliideetin vaTinlifaifi are olsu 

 couiiidQnible. i*\'oiu tlio comtuuiaijiuu uf liil the gouaouiUxUs &avo tile 



