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ETHNOLOOT OK THE nrtW-PAClTlC MLAIfOS. 



ihVj KTiyen?, Ssik, Tiililiins*. Nnmpon^, Binprpbo, Burmanj Bodo, tlinl, 

 Mtitc., unci in IrtTer slimier loniH in sn^vcni) of the allied dinleirlj*. f^imi- 

 lar (nrmn occur iti in mu\ I ; hut uurUir tlie influence of the ht^r phonolo» 



g^r thfV hHvp» ill Kpverjii tH:ilwtf», WNinte .>i!fntlfr like the I of Chines**, 

 hoHsin nrul < iyanyiiJ:. ButU hrii:ici nnd (^lender forms nre snmeliinea 

 friund iii the Kiime disilnct . Thus HimIo r*?tjiiT)f jiifirt H, hut in 10 hn!» ji, 

 in 1 ehe. Gnni hns chef in 8, xha in 1, chi for 10 in 11, 12 but.h Ijeirt;^ 

 c'omhinMl in rhi-^liti 11. Ni»nj-ini;Lr lin!^ f-srtt ft, t-t-hi 10, t^wt-tlte 1 ; Sjjiyf* 

 iiliij ni/M^Hf 8, si 10 J Bunnaij tm h, tit, tvi 1, shyit 8, slje 10, The 5lender 

 form is evid»'nflv bnm>wetl in itomf of th« diiJ«cts. It {« clfnr that ihe 

 briwd tbrmn havf* iMtt lieeri derived frinni the current Dhitfion chik, Thft 

 older ChitiPiiH fnrm ot" 7, id»^nfirjil with some of fhem, in n*jt fnund in 

 Til»et. It \» ii>rul3ah!e rherefitrt? fhflt, like fljene Chinese formn, they 



cii recti y refenible tuthe nntive hihiiii t'ltrrn tlmrn, Isiun, wmi, f*ft[i 

 Tlx* Tcng^sfli |rrnu|i pro.'«vi!'ve8 pep in TeiijrMn, com'spiindiiiir wilh chel in 

 Khnri, while Mikir retjiirirt n {irimiiry f*>Tm hep in 8, If nnd 10, liud a 

 afmiliir form in foiiml in the Kimnti, ChepaniT rtnil Lepirlia 10. The N{>» 

 pmn^" tsinff ifl an int+rmediiit* fnrrn lietween t^tm (n Hrin;drtic form of th© 

 unitfitill current, rts w e have seen, in 10 nnd other nuinlwrH, both in Ti}>e| 

 n id the Snntli) Jind trieh,theold Jiiinnnn furm. The Cf>m. r»;it, Mt, elml 

 &<;. like the nlender Bunnim tit, nre hut Liter vai intioii:* of tak, i:h«k. 

 Tlii.-* form is tite distiitctive one nf" tliu laf^-jit Bi«!*t tt;in\'^eiic (Uwido-Siti^'pho) 

 blind, nnd hjis been cinnuiKiiiwited by Bunmui to mim of llie Yuma dia- 

 lects, rts it i.-* found in thu H of Tcmtiir-thu tlmt, iynk lj«eit, Khyen^ mt, 

 Tliese dialectn have ret-eii'ed numeron.-* other Barman voi;ab!e.-». Wlie- 

 therthe contmnn i-ociiilic forms in 1 iind If} v»e e eontrjicted from -m, 

 — p, or from — k, -t, fia iii-*, i-* uacertfiiii- T le bibiitl forms may havt; he- 

 come contracted in 1 jtinl lU Wftm* the t forms were evolved in 8. For 

 ©Kftmnlesha 1 of ( iin-o may «inf be from nhat, sat, the carrent Ei»at Gan- 

 getic form in iH, baf fnirn the older funn siip. The sjttne uucerfjiiol\ attends 

 tbe Tibetrtn i?<>calii' furm:" in I t4i, tif ni. In the Suurh the evidence in 

 favor of many of the vwalic form!* beinir fronv »hain, fjon hc^ throuirh 

 eban<f, Um'S &t*. In Kill Aruji^ iias rbaii;r snul Kuki f^lain^'', .shan; i i 20 

 Dtiphki ha.ssan, ftuutr. Titecoirnate diait»ct6 bavejthu, cha, tsa, tha, in If 

 SCfre mlfHK 'No^xiiun-^, TahlanLr, Muluusr, Juboka, Muthun, Nanisauir, 

 8in!Tpho, Miiuipurij Bodo, Garo, Dhiinal,) and it i.st.'b'ar that they are re- 

 ferable to the current forjns in -n;,*", -n, — of which Nojjaunjf, a,A we ha*« 

 *een, preserver an exam [tie in l,--a(id rh*'."te U* the tvidyly prevuleni labiiU 

 formisf common to the Mon- Ana 111 and Ti fief o- Burt nan systijius. Then 

 formA appear tf« Jve chiefly of aneiont Bhotiaii orisjin — Ciian<fIo beiuL'' 

 ciftTnpJe ofn hijfbly Biiutinn aydtem— and the a funiisi to be chiefly Mou- 

 Au'tm, 8ifan and Chinese, 



Notwithstanding the example!^ of the paasftq* of jErattura] into dental 

 formal in tlie Sgutli ami the jiotisilsihty of thtM having' )iiiji|ienB<l in man/ 

 carfes of winch no evidence remains, I think there cm be no doubt that 

 the m<jr.<«t prevalent Himtil-.iiii; formal of the unit are not local variatiiaii 

 of the g-atturnl, b it were derived from the Chinei*** :*y(4t«m aft*r seconda. 

 ry fonnd tiad b. eu evolved in it» Tim prevalent form;* of 3 [n-eserveJ m 

 i uit niiineral in ribett^-Uurman aod in the 5 ot Mon-Aium, a^^rwe with 

 the Chinese ;J ajid inu.-<t be referred tu it in itn exlstinir <* form and in 

 older t, d fortnH. It may nUo be heUi as certiiiii, from the abandimt 

 rewuiu:»oftim typeof the umV, — mtaul^ ta d aiid butiu 1, 7, , 



