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&a TO X 10), witU the contract*^ tit of Thoiliu niul MunvHt (1, C, 7) 

 cljrt. Zii. AliJiiyrtk lur 10 in 20^ HO iScr., sliiAV that this huh a disfiiict. niiu 

 tu'chitiviilly dittiK'i'ed Cliiaeae tonu. From the vuwei it ii|i|iearij tu Ua\& 

 been the oltler t'nrui the Chuiesia ohak 1 nnd t^at ?. In the SuutJi 

 it w foumi iti the Tei>;rsii }fn>U|i cz-siini^ unill iit th*^ two .Xiptil diaJeut^ 

 which, m immenils rt,s in llm {ilo^surv, hnve ii hirt^t! Tfiigsa 



elonif lit— Lp|njha titiii ?**iiinviir ; witii the 'iVjif;--*a funu ia Muthuii uiid 

 Johnka /i-7,:ini ; in Mikir, tiaio, IUhUi, Cimiifi)o«iJil Du|>hla in th*^ Ibmi.s Aft- 

 thaiii, (|f*-T)mm, tliaHi, sum, urn ; in Mijhu /rt-diain ; and, laistly, in 5 of 

 BoniL- Mnn-Anani dialods Miai, san iva.-!ia, ha Lan, fhang Kii, and 

 in tht Mijhuti /^a-tinun (^tm; Mikir^), la tlif 8 ot ALon and Anaiu— which 

 I tbriu^riy considorod <iiijiijtry, but wliit-h, iVom the inialtj^y ol" tiio 

 Chinesf, Tibetjuj and (laiirtnic M NtLiiis,, is jn-iil»ably (ieiiary— a fiLmilne 

 lunii uocui*s, Mttn /('rt-c-haui, //«-}tiUi, Anani tain. An lit, tlie tlmn i$ 

 vtiry rare. Dophb Inw <'han;i in rnn;i-rhang 100 (10 X 10). Newar haa 

 stni-hi> 10, suu,';j-^an-ho 20, f^tin Haii-!io 100 (;4nn is thu unit in i) o/'Xevrar» 

 10 of Miinai, ktin). A foiu. Kan^t (Jan^oUf I, 8,10, aiul .wfrc is ret'er" 

 &\Ae Ut tUifl ibnu. The .Mnn-Auiun l'u[nn\ 1 is a vanatloii oi' t.an, thiin &c# 

 Tlif normal a form of I Ik* Soiiili appvurs tn hi* /i-a-i- haai, Aa-tiiain, 

 Art-siiMi (wLence «-saui» a-zajii), and this is C'liiinise in the Gyarung 

 farm //«-siiin- 



It ir! pi'diable thercfort* «liat both ihk ioi-ni ami thu more prevalent 

 sum were nrotnved tVoni Tibel. 



From the di?4tribution of the ^nttnraT and iiibilant forms in -ni nnd -tJ, 

 it apu -ars that the foniier early i>;u-*ried ijito the latter, iintl (hat liotii 

 wt-re eurrent jh the nnit in the ohkr Td>etn>i as in the ohin-r {'hhmse 

 di.ileets, — sum, sont;, ^ani, jsanjr &e, c!, heiii-r l*ut as|>ir;ite frinnH of kiium, 

 kliiui^, khaui, khang and sap, sip, san^^ 10, of k:ip, kip, kun^ &c. 



Tlic' third variety— the Utpiid — was al>;o current as the unit in the 

 oUle^t sontliern system, and with the aruhiue -m lind, jiasam^ into -ng, 

 -r, -k, -t. 



Ill the Mon-Anam family ICambojan pro«crvea an intermediate 

 dt-ntal form in 10 dap [=ftl), kip L«^pcha, Kiranti &c., tan, Mp, 

 sipChinespJ. For IDO a tjiinikr IVirm it* current in Ka duin, whilt* the 

 lifpnd is found in Anara f-runi, Mun (^'-Inni, htAim and 'I'nyinL"- tm4um* 

 Bump of the Vuina-tian^otie -a, -u forms luay be eontractionH of I he 

 -m form, e, jr. Bunntin ^^-rn. The Laii and Kamhujan roi^ roa, may be 

 contractions of the Mon form loin, hut .-^imiliu' funna are nho prepterved 

 ill tlio lower numbers of other dialecl;*. Ttie luU form U presei vetl in 

 6 /j-nnn Kanibojan, Chon^r, nam Anani, i. G. :i for 3, 2. The aniiipnty 

 01 tliiH furm of 5 appear^* from it,-i retaiiiin;j; one ot tiie ch'menr.s in rlid 

 aichaie and oh^^olete Chino-llimalaic oonipnuial kham-iiLni, dam-nf^D, 

 thani-npi, Miii-iiirH ico., while Chiue.-i*', and, after it, nil the Tibeto-lSurmaa 

 diak'cts*, n^aiu llie othf r, n<m, niro. The Mon-Anam namo isthufi referaltle 

 to a period when the wunl for :i was still used in China al aiii- with that 

 tor 2, wh ie the Tihetait i^ referable to a jn-iiod whrjj tlo' (Jhine,-'e had 

 drtjpt the word for 'J. Mon hasthesihihii.tyjrt-HiiJi, /w/-.>uti, ami Chon«- has 

 clnmir, fonuf* of the unit .similar to the eommnn llimalaic :i undto tfie H of 

 ClioJiif sar, Anaui and Ka ehin. Men rhit. For 8 Airnin ha3tam,on tiMer 

 ftirnithain ram, jnjjriimilar fofh*- !\ti Uam of 100. iiainliujan da]Md 10, The 

 Sftvai-a tauiu-ji way 1^ uu Auam acqui.>tUoii. JLkmuuixtB uf thu Uqh Amia 



