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femnies the labial appears* to he niiliciillj poatfixuiil a.'i in Rcytkic. 



Tlie iSuvtliic B jnul 9 are mostly d*-iiary like the Cliino-IIiinuliiic, but 

 SOTue qumiu-y names are also cur ivtit,—fConjik, Kajii.'feliatkaii, some of 

 the Teiiweiaii. A fuira of 10 similar to tiie Chiiiu-Hiimilaic; sum &e. is 

 ibutid in a Satnoindf^ 9 tu-raa, tbuti. Ten hus lbei>rcbaic labiji! unit ; the 

 jinmary {guttural k-iu as in some of the Himajaic utimes ; and htev set-und- 

 ary form.* minilar to the Chirio-Hiiiiilaic t «, 1-k &c- JJuT the tounet tinu, 

 iiitiicflted is tlirouiih tlie prunary tonus. The Japiiiies*, Korink aud Yuka- 

 jiiri numea for 9 preset- ve a guttural unit like the CMuo-liimalaic (kun, 

 ehun,) 



On the whole we may comkidp fhat the Scytln'c nnd other Aso- 

 African. iiaraiT:*! nyst^'ijis (fxcludiii^r fhr Di'ftviro—Austi'fllian) are mora 

 clu.«itdv connected wiih rach otlnTthaii with tlie ChirKHlIuuiilait: and ar© 

 ei ly coiniei.tt^d with it thruu>:h tli« older (>nmarv fniin.-*.— the UimrtJuic 

 Lraijch pnwrviiig examples ol" tlies^B s*imilar to tL<a tiicj thk &c. althouj^k 

 luist iu Clmia. 



The general oonclusions at which w*; have arrived are these. The first 

 ■Chinese dialeet that gave niuTieruIs to Tibet prtiserved the j^iittural unit 

 aud abroad dual. The Tihcttui sysf;>m spread to the Sotitb while it re- 

 tainc'd this archaic form. The next Chiiu-ae diah-et, or pLiSL- of the nu- 

 merals, that iutlittiocod the Tibetan had the secondary unit satn, mm^ aap 

 &e. in I, 3, 7 and 10. The Tibetan systt'm which oritriuAlfd in it waa 

 the parent of th^^ prevalent Mon-Anain und Tiboto-BitrniJ:ii bv^tenia. T\y& 

 «i'chaic uioveuu'iits to the sotith at liiibTiut ^K-riod.^ idter thia tbrm wa* 

 ai;q aired, are traeeable. The first had tht* labial prcfLx, — the unit had a 

 tJ joided tcndi:ncy to pass into the liquid tbnii,^ — and the ilual appears to 

 have had broad forms. When the ohler Sifan-Ganp lie tribes Ibllowed 

 the Mon-Anaia, if indeed they can be st^paratcd, ^4illlilar lunus jjf the unit 

 Uiid dual were current in. East Tiljet. In tlic hiter and j^reatest Tibetan 

 niovemeut the guttural prefix prevailed, — the unit harl broa<l dental and 

 sibilant fornix— and tkedunl hail broad, passin<^ into alendur, misiil fbnus- 



Hist^iricallv "iid more exactly sfsttni, the.se iiifV-reneef* .stand tlnu^. When 

 the Chiocse jsy.^teni wha received in Tiln't second iiry or fontructed priinar}'' 

 numerals had iilrendy hmj ne tixt-iJ aud eoui rt'tid, in their pjf»>fnt forms 

 nearly, in 4 and I* of the unit *:eries untl in ft of the dual. The ertfpiiry 

 into the phont-tie cliaii^e>" nnd diid» rtir iiiteriiiixtuieH which ri'snltj?^ 

 in the ei*'abli:*hrnent of !hei«c niinies. bolonf^.-i to Chinese ami mn to 

 JIuualaic phoiiolo^'-y and ethimloyy. But tln> rnrrenf. unit iji 1, ;i, «, 7 

 and 10 [MA well ;ia iiiHaiul lUV) uad the dual in 2 and H were nut so tixed. 

 The uumend dialect thai Hrnt iwk root in Tiihet pre«erve<l a jjuttural 

 unit, of which undoubted priniury rmnnnnts are found in 1, 0, 7, rt, 10, 

 20 und lOU. Some of The .sccondiiry fliunilaie furjns arc aLnn releiabhs 

 to it. The niujul;iic fonnn pum^ k iiun-,' (for klmni ), jryi-b. kip^ kejj 

 (wbeiiee ok, ^yud) arf the oriiiinidn, with modified vuwel:*, of the 

 CJjnieae chup* slwp &e. and the fir.-it i^hine:<e dialeet ol Tit^et inu.-«t 

 bave had siiuihir forms not only in 1, 7 nud In, bur in ii mid H als*. 

 Thiji diuluct hud probably the :*eeondnry fonuaum, .sinu iu;!, as it is equal- 

 ly universal wiib the Ibrmf in 4, it aud ."i. It tuny hiive hem fi.xed in thji 

 ^irtleet ; but lljat Iroin wbieh it wa.- dei ivod must have pn se4 ved it as the 

 curreot unit in 1, / , 8, H) &c. J't-d .sii»iilfinie<ju>ly or Mifisi (ph'ntly vviU" 

 muaioitetl it to Tihei. iutUiH oiulect it appear* to have itt^uuiud Liicllurm 



