134' 



EtttKOT^OfiY *0F THE IXDO-rACTPIC iBtAXDS, 



lifltiy iO apinpOfBtcj 1m> a Mon-Anntn remiuint. Thus Kh«ri Jish nHmin fiOnnd 

 mil in 10; ninl tliP BiiriiuvTi fn-m lOwici litinlly Jmyh a tlifffrejjt urii'iu 

 from f Ih^ An:im '-nun ; or til** Noirniin^'^z/'riJ in, n>-jV-ni KMt, truni thnMitu 

 7i;-lojn, Tin* only fnrm.-i tlisitiire }K)H.sil)ly la tL'i'4Si fun, ii|<| rear tu iif tljiisc v\ h.i-li 

 liilVf* bntli rjj" HiTiil f niul tli*' jitii|iIiti(Hl vowfl wliifH ij* a r«'iuint«t nf rhc 

 rj- [=Lrli, ^-y] I'nrtjH nt" Hnr|iu mul ilyuvutfj:. niul ihi^fK wfitdi flr«. 

 cl«'iifly (iHriviiTivrs fiorti tlti* Jbnufr. Thf 'I":«I<|»h lia of lia-mrp r-f muv be* 

 o»i^ol"Oies'» itniHiiiiils, Ji* if vv irlt tlir> Sliiiitin riii in H, HiJi-fm r'.ya' 



lOOj hii-f 8, liiH tht* Tiiyiiifi' U*m rendfjvthw ilduhtfiil. Tlit' Tnkju U'nt' 

 kt(!i-U 'iOtiiJir I'C'tfrtm fK-hrn Hj^omlijjHrnb^ilfit* l^t. lliir on the wlinlptiie 

 in;ij<nily i)f tli^r. I fonm npt'*""'"^'^' he tlitjM' i.fim arrhnir Silan nVi^Ti'm u }( i li 

 hii/j rlipni in 1, •*.■■), *1, I'l ini<! HHhis iiunlitii rtiiuiL-i ol'thti ulderdi^ntal anil 

 ^Li^filaiit ti'ntii^, the latCfr mIm» r^-maitiinL'" r tirr<?nr in f^niriM miinl'Hps nr iliu- 

 lects.* Tti tlii,** fyj^tm tha rfmniuits in Miaj-Amttn, in Jnaiiy «.f the Ali <r- 

 ''Yurnti dirtleftA nnii in sunifir of thtt rnrri'iit i^itan inr<,in lieni^nil, fttnilui- 

 ta]Ai\ If the AlMn-Yuina liijuid IH hi'liajiit* in the pjtrly Mati-Anum era 

 ftnil nut TO a l-'tT Sifan, the Ahar-Ywimi must Iw aiistKjiintBd with it, and 

 wiMi the reinnnMt!* in 3, r> ^ ' 



It y not fllwjiy^; elf^ar whfther the vo will o ibmiff tirp contractions of 

 tliii»f*e in -yn or of those m -k, Kut it i?* twfain that hotli were vm ly 

 CUrrf.Mt. \\ hile the toi nifr aiirei^ witJi ihe ( UiinffM- ;t jifol Iti^, tin* Jatftjr 

 ftfirep witli tliP (Jhimi-llitunlaie (I. Tlirnr lull iirrhaic ha im uttji,, |( nk, 

 'lttl<, ruk, Tivifc, rflk, lak, laf nre Muiilir tn the ujht piv strved in ihe coiu, 

 Chino-Hioirthic (i (1 U>y fi, 1), Ink, Ink. lok, iftk, (whem-e rii, ri, iii, ne 

 Ar.) A niisflli.-ipil tonn pioiilitr tu inni*», loirnir, liiiu,!!* p:e^^»rvMl in tht'tfof 

 Jifoii A«-fOTli^, </hon^ /o(--dt>afr uud |M'i"ha|>«« in a i ivnd dialect w-T"<jn<;-, a 

 cHi'trihutioii which pi'Oves itj^ ennviiuy in the em wlieo the Mofi- Antiin 

 frt'TiHy ]iosH,p.-?*t'd till* tiaujjrettfi vallfly. The; Ahum &k"ndt*r form lin^- is 

 itlentiral will) tht^ Almr linp:, jhip: nf 10, j>(J. 



Ttie lifinid t'orm« cxfjint in 1, li, H, 9, 10, 20 utid 100 of fliffereut 

 iJifileuts imy h^ i-ecni>ituh\tcd,— dap, dam, rap, mm, nam, lorn, hem, dotij^, 

 rtiTiSr, ntn*,'iniiv„f, ni«>r, aim^-, ny<*iijo:, imnt mil, run, louim-, ion, lin^i;, yw^f 

 rok, ruk, ruiikj vsik, rik, Ink, hik, Uj:, Ink, Lit, dai, nd, hii, ror, h i, rou, 

 rim, 111, ya, ru, vt, ri, ro, r, la, Iti, li, na, riyut, rkt^ ryct,.ryp, rhyii, ihiee, 

 riu, lia, nu. W hile some of th»'>o jire local and ot" mice* tain age, luaoy 

 are clearly referublo to the arciiidi: mignitions of the province. 



Tlif* Irtfer secondary fnriiiv^ of the unit pre.-ieot coiisidemlde (Vifficnlty, 

 In several dialect-^ tht^j cannot he rtd« imi to nny of the extant ohlbr 

 fonii?«, Uiui it Is certairt that there has heen some transfer of these iaft'f^t 

 forms )niin diah-et to dialect. Bat the cjuf'Stion liaw fjir t^nvh transfers 

 can be clearly traced is not eatiily nriisweied, fur the tianie phonetic neties 

 of niutatioo/luus trtken place in all the languages oftho province, hox^ever 



* Tho direct poftsaiie of the sibilant into the limud appears to have 

 cbaiTii'turliied the old TioLtau pJionohi^'j more lar^itMy llutii I hud ascci'- 

 taine(! when compmhig the uiiscelluiifnud vocablet;. Tlu' loimiter eouijmri- 

 «oiis I havi' tiincc; iiiude in gnniping the jitMitluTji diidrft,^ havt'' s^howu that 

 aeVcnil of ih? liquid roots are only vanatioius of th*' s^ihihnit, and that <?x- 

 Cepilfwiul sihihiuL atid duiital form.'i. which I had <lonhil'ui!y rt-fL-rrcd to tlte 

 provflh'iit liiJiiid vtmts are, in reality, r innant^ of the nhlt-r plnise of these 

 rtnti<i. lo Aianyuk, ^amdJiU^ &e. s^z, eh, j have u strung U-udency to be* 

 come r or 1. 



