20 atuMOO,— tljut wlien the secoHtlnry CUineiti; S3>t(^m wst^ Ijjnii^iftrred to , 

 the ilimiiliiic pruviiia% s-m, hml nut Ijicoinc tlxml ju.,3 and H), bufc ' 

 that the tr-ni, il-m, 8-in tWuja w<'re tile i^iu'vr.ut uuit,* 



The cumrlusioDrt lit wliich we i^einw juntifieii in anh in^ rtj;e' tlicfore aa, 

 follfiwfl. The typioil form uf ilif* mv^i iirc.vsileiit Tibelo-tjiirmari n]\d } 

 Mon-Anniu unit ifstlnm, JuiDjtiitn, witu, sum, ram, loiu ^v. Tlie ci>nimon,' : 

 unit of buth lbmi!i«.«4 liiitl tliertiibre thi^ sjutic Til»i;tan priijin. If.s source* rtjfr 

 pears to h^iv^ U'<?i\t)m Chinvne j^yf*tfm in it.sol^^'r tiecotniiuT Inrm, tliiit 13 

 when 1 aiiil 7 jih well an 3 iiud 10 hail the Jbrnis flamt f:in),.-.;nn,;Haru httt ' 

 3, I, ami 10 ujnst have .^till hevn VAUUponrn}, The Cliuif-ri' 0 nf thh rni ; 

 miijy also htive had tbe Atme iWni of tlie unit- vVt..ijll. ey^i^ts tijere J^ro . 

 HundjiieTenininifri id'it (TUothu, IJorj);!, Uijhti), , , , , ■ \ 



i'he (lurwr AI'^ii-Ananjitppwirji tu liave hfea ih.-lini.' tijvhr j TrotTi the later, 

 while it was afhned to one the older, frroups of Tilf-ru- [lunruni hy the 

 tead*'ncy to 1, 11 fui Tus in preftienc** to ^iljiilants, Vnnu tho nhula in . 

 wliioh its jCoims <*f otlior wordn lu'o ^nternii\t'tl in (he fSnviUH'ru Tii' ^to- 

 Bui-nnin votMbnlaiieij with ihe^ i(rci\)Ki" Tilittau t\inn.-^, it i.^ jiroli:ih!«; flyife 

 thft, lifjuid 10 f lUO t"«mnd in sevcuil of the.-^ft viigiibnliuib's^ or tbolirjuiil ^ 

 tetjdency in which it ori^sfinatftl, WiiHilerivtid iVoin tin; Mun-An:nu family /'' 

 or from ft common, urdiaic Kuiit Jliuudiuc or Sil'an.tionrct'. It is diiefiy 

 foutid in tbe older Ynnia-Gnii^i.'ric diub'ct^s, and cjinnot, Ij(',d<"jiv'pl frpni V 

 thQ prf.valent focnie of l.t The Diaviiinn kbiiil uuit of Jlon-Anaiii is also ^* 

 foiiud ^jj 1 and 10 In sonid of tliese diulet;t.s~Miiiti]inri inalj|i!dlO j 

 (in 8 and i*), Due of the Kbyem; ilialocL-i aui 1, ilijbu ^'-nn* 1, /.■«/H-buiii"j 

 4 (Wu Afiiuja), An^uiui po 1, iJrUbnn, Jiilwka, Mtihing uml Tablun^ ^ 

 10 bail, (mn, ili u mi in ^;/-ra lai llO ( i, lOj, Kniui H> in f/-pnni^/v/i2f>, ' 

 in4t^hai-ni yu, \vn-y-»rt-Iu-rr 40 (jw-lu. 4^, \vi (s= uii Hr») iii wi"[ta-?v' 50 _^ 

 (pA~n r>), vva in cbuni-\va-/'i or svai-re lOl) (lO* 10), S:jk i^z-fa !\ Ivirantl 

 tliL bun<; 11.), UUii-fi-ya a (by-/j Mon^ m^ju Verukaluj lia-'ju 2 j^uvarAX^ 

 Murnii cbi-wai 10, riuawar .s-\V!ij-ka UiO, Xuncowry fnmrl, ui-fn;m 8. ^ 

 thfi^t'ul (5f Cur fcmi 4j i/i-l'ud (j, rt-vvei'ii. t*. Liuibu and IGrami phang' 6 ^ 



(laior 1, 10). \ 



The prhmtry guttural fornix rehiiiied in dilTHrent numhera' in aomony 

 thult^cr^i, Rud rtUij dire'jtly iuto tli^ sil>il;nit, iiiiiiciiteiiii older trauH-t [ 



fee of tiie Cliinestj system to tliu we.stward tbau tbut which prtiduetftl^r. 

 the Moii-Aftain and current 'ribt tt>- llnnnau. Thts pre.^ervatioii bf kbun^ 

 iji li is iNelfa stron^r proof of u di.-tiiii't mitrrali'in i>riui' lu tlnj em wheii \ 

 d('iit«l,?ijbi!untaiid liquid I'oniiH alone fmnuiled. Hoth iu the Mon-Aauiuund ». 

 TilM'to- Burmsm dinlt'ctsi 0 ie tfiflit^r tbe ciirrent Chiiiei* furui ll!k,^lnkJ otitd "I 

 irnmpdinte pitreijf dukj ink, wbii h is proUubly a dtirivEitivtjfroiii tlunij tunif 

 tlirouj^h danu% laii;.^-. Tiie AluuJ \niini family iu its ^Ifani^tjlic «rn hiiijb > 

 dynjf , ruij^r iu b coiiteniporant.'un.>ly with luk, and from ihe cresembianvjtj > 



\ * In many of the ^outluTn diideclH (iiiu^ipho-lJoihi frr. ha,) tJje sU^,^ 

 biTantand dental of 1, H and 10 ift refeiaijk' (lie ^tHiund khum, khifj,^.^ 

 klBnfifjkbivr,<S:f.,bnt inother.-^totlie wcoudnry Ciduo-Tibclau t*uiw, sam^^o^i ♦ 

 f For example the old or wi ittrtt Linrruan rbacb 8, ra iOtl, in evi^^<5 

 dently a diHtiiict and in Linrnian an older funu of the. unit tif lO tluin the, , 

 current 10 eblie, coi rejifiomliiii,'' uitli ihi* cuimU 8 Hhyitand l, til,. I»uph- "^ 

 ia.'iias the f^aniR H la^ and ranir, and iiuiniuti niu.->t at luu*^ tiuie hnve » 

 liall n rtinnlarltl. Vtuns-mi:- ba^ the Hrune tvjx; in 1, iO uiid lUtj as the cuf-^^ 

 rijivt llui'mitii 1 f d aud i Oy . b ut in \ ireagj y.(f* j^wii* xfUi io -m < j Kuii to au^ia^s 



