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STIIjrOLOGY OF THE Illl>0-rAClFIC I8LAND9. 



of the former to current varietiea of (Ititn, rnm &c. nn mHy Mon- Anmm 

 di;ilect iiiiij have Liwl itu |»revulent-m unit in 6 ua wtjll m in other iitim* 



'ITie Abor nnd Yuma diiileel B prf^wrvp many of the nvwt nrchfvic fnrnig 

 of fli*" Iliititiliiic V(K'ali|t'.>i. A hvirn imiiilmr i«re ler*r*(:HntnU"fi"f! nnd j^otVn- 

 rhjin iit tljc otfier ir»'oups, Ihitli Titfefuu mul rtontlieni. TlK-y liiivp lifcn 

 le:*r* iiffiTtfd by f lulcr j>!i'»itetiu and ^rIo>^iiiriiil muditicatt«*<H, wfipflifr 

 S|ii>*iidinif fi'oui Tjbi»ttij( or frcHii .•^uutheni Siiuiw-i. The ".--iittiinit 1 tiird 

 6 of Abur kc.f the 10 of fhK Mni \ und the coini!H)ii <iiitfiini] fur sc re 

 Tx\:iy thtM'efor*' In* ctiri.^idfri'd i\* vvmaiinx^ of the fir**t Tihffiiii rtvetri'in 

 thut wii:* CiirriKl to the Saiifh, and jiii fvideiicf of tlip vwy L'Te;i.f antiquirj 

 offlip Mii<rrafimi. llcjvv far thii^eiirly foriu of thf Cbinit-IIitnnliiic svftttijri 

 Wijs dij<ftruii unfed in tliP SouJh cunnot he usirerfin'o' d Ji' if hnd hnm thnl 

 of the fii'.-*t. Hliniili(it; tribpj) that l>ewiin« jire'duininunT. in the GnrtLretic 

 TulW uiid ill t JtJMiialiu, it ir* |iux>b:iljle t'unt some diJ^fimit titites uf it 

 wi»u!d hiivt; Ij'^'u left io the Moii-Aiijiin dinli-ctn. Altlion-rh not found in 

 the exi)>linjr much mixed Mun-Aniim :*yr*teiii!<, it outiurrt in otIierH which, 

 Tftiiin suine Moii-AinUit nuriiendii. Of tht* thret liypothese-^, 1st, th it it 

 llinialiiic i^y.stein hiwinir tiiis limit preceik^d the Mon-Anatu, ifd, tlmtit \\\\% 

 confeni|"onniciitns \\'v\\\ it, one diiilect tir nnnibcr hiivtiiir the L'Uttnnd and mi- 

 orher tlie ilpntnl iniil hf[iiid unit, sincl tliiit it iminediatply f(ui-c<'eded it;^ — ■ 

 the 2nd is tlie most euni^isttnit with idl the iiict^. Tiie Mou-Anani vnca- 

 botaries ure lavi^ely and dosely connected with the oKi Ti^M'to-Burmati 

 of the iSdUih, but the Driivirijui and the pecuiiar rintive tnntsof the hirmer 

 fl.H well a.-* their distribution, !<|jow l)icni to liave been eaclier. The [ire- 

 Bf)jlv* of immeials of Mini- Anam fornifi in tlx? tdder Tibetsin iiVHteins of 

 the Suuth i^ in accordance with tlje general ehurauter of the vocabularies, 

 liot an the 'filietan 'r]'tr'?*Mrv of the period w hen tlie Aluii- Anam tnigrati«m 

 tfwk fdiiue mis^t have ditfered httle trotn tluit of the tirstTibetiio irWw^ who 

 followed tbein ncra-sH the Hiiniilnyu!*, it in probable thut the ffuttunil unit 

 wan from the lir>t coeval in the .SuUth with the 8)bilaiit unci liquid. At 

 pri'M-'ijt, however, uo h:\\n no direct evidence that it wsh, the only imtive 

 Mon-Anam iniit that Jnjf* been firc.-'crvt'd huiuL'' the dental and hquid ; and 

 it iri thyicf*>re (Hisffible thiit while the more eastern |tareJit til Moa- 

 Anain had a i^ccoieJary Chiiiese unit, a Tibetan dialect ret^dned the ar- 

 chaic trutturjsl nint ot the Chineae mid afterwards Crtrried it -toutb. 

 Ill some (if the Sif'an dialect-* the <;uttui!d unit ajqieare to have beeii! tiuc 

 Ceeded by tho liquid, and the earlier dialects thnt were citri'ied south 



fe in 1 of Uyariin^ and ^a, ksi in 10 of ll«ir|ia, with a liquid form in 1 of 

 litroa and in H and lOO vf bulb. The older Abur- Ynnia MV^tema ajqiear 

 to be referable t« tlie tiyjtrun<r-II")r|ni. The Do|ih!a system with the tjiit- 

 tui'iil ill 1 and sxnA the liquid in H, 10 and lOll, miLnt he an examjde of 

 the earliest Sifini f<y.-totns that wt^re CiirriKl south. The diirerence Ih*- 

 tween thj">e iiiul the cognate Mon-Anam appciU'f* to havo been, lhat the 

 I; tfor luui entirely ii>r-t thegulluraJ utiit while iu tiie difuii system it was 

 tid U alon<^' w iiU tiie liquid. 



Tlie mwi remnrkable point in tlie hLitory of thf* dunl is the prevalence 

 of n HHcondiiry form in 4 nod ofrt |"riJU5irv t>w in 2 mul 7. 'I'lie que*- 

 ti'^'i.H that reinaih to ho iniH^vered arr, wln.ti and how ilds dilft-rei'Ce arose,— 

 we«« tb« aiuue jbrms ever curi'^^ut iu uU tlie aumerulii vl' the duul seric^,^ 



