mnrem^r ow this nrDO-PAcmc i«%aivd«« 



iukj chiiTc, duk, Ink fee. in 6 Tsefnrp it was curried to Tibet, a?i tliere is 

 r m:i!iiit of thes-m, s-ji form in tint nuinenil in tin.v tjl the- llifii ilsiic tiia- 

 leets To tlif era wlieii this phn^e of th« unit previuJi'il a liir;fe numW ot 

 tiip currpnt Ilim tfnic fortii.^ I'lo-wly siilhprp, fr on wliicb it. in certain thiit 

 dni iTi^ tliiii eni a TilieCan evetf^m Wiii* cumd Honth. Airiong* thf U^t ex- 

 emplpji exfiinr aiv fhf Bliot^)-Chuiiglo aura, duuof?, Eukisuiu, rink sii, 

 Biitiriaii ^ihu, Thovhu dii ui' 10. 



In fwv^'ni] dijiWtti^ Sif/iii and 8oiithefn, the fdbilant chnngpd to r. 

 A (iiHifict which hiid t\m form wns vary influentiui »t wie |ieritid. In 

 the mwth rhe tvj icul furtm orf Jnm, kim. TIjp hitrer is widely current 

 in variovis form:*, one ©f tlip (nost coiniuon Wln^ mi. Thv afififjiiity of 

 this contrncttii tortn afjtfars from itn Ivt'itt'i' fuuntS in 1 of Phi v KsirPHi;. 

 S of Kiusiu, 5 (for 3> ot Uimi' ju (riii) nnd Jlyhn (Ifi), 8 uf .Milt;h«TiHfj{?, 

 oiiil Uun>: ju, 10 of Chojifr, and 1(ID of Kiinjhojnn (roe), Snunesc^ (roi, hoi), 

 «iid RiH) ju. Thf fi-Hfjifent oirnrrence of thi- r form in 8, or in 

 8 luiii 10(1, ivhere 10 mnl 1 hijve tlie ^ibil:lnt furm, inut*t jiriso eitLmr ^l-tj 

 from the r*amp diiilect hjiviiijz- at one time u>ed Hoth tonus in 10. m- in 1 

 aiid lU, or (2nd) tioiii Imvinjf lef^lnml Hie hfjuid of 10 hy rh*- sihihmt 

 ^t-rived either trom ha own 1 or from rlie 10 of another ilialecf. D'tif'Tent 

 ^iirni^ of thu unit have )j(?eri utsed iwth synrhroiioufsly Hnd siu ottwivi-ljr 

 ill SGVPrtil of tlje diidectfl for 1 or 10. Severn I exjiire.-^.-* H) by onr tt n, iiod 

 iii siu'h u compound uii arehnic niiit will h** pjestrffd in ii/juodthe 

 current unit in one, TUnn in the Tjjyinji: hii-long' 10, h>n>r corresiuoidn 

 %'itli thv 10 i»f8 rmd I0f>, while hii or sm is (i o'tri. t-orreut unit in lOmnl I 

 of ^ mini-Ljimiivtic Jiidm-fs. The Mqiiid a^^peur:* to hiive be-en The 1 (d live 

 Arahnic Abor-Vumu and Mon-Anaoi ^roiijw. Jn nnmy dinli^ctH it has 

 been repiiiced in 1 rtntl 10 hv the rtibihiriT tluit ehiiriu-m-iMd the hiter 

 difi'usive .'ivstem <d' tiie ^>ini{li. In othorr* a^iuin t}ie sibiljint — whether 

 frorn tlie ^fi^tetan suin, orlVomthR Til>eTaft fyom, khum, kap Jk,c. — liaA 

 been replaced by the litjuid w by the Bruviriuu laliiuL 



The numerous aontlicm sytsteniB are reducible, in their Tlimalalft 

 eliiuieut,^ and both in root and prefix, totwo^reut a>id one or two 

 minor luij^ratioiis fVom Tibet, not dilfLriiiy very wiiiidy in lite foriug 

 brought by ibeni, — to a few speL-lal Unes of movcmeot in the Sooth, 

 — and to soLiie phoiietie changes that have tak^r ii plftc:e since the niigra- 

 tioris, and oJ vvhieh the ccutriJH audiines of didji. rsioii are mon^or less liis-. 

 .tinctiy marked. Frei:Iac!y the same movemtots and cliiinifes are 

 indicated by the distribntion of the miscelliuiefnis voLiibk-s tiiat 

 liavo been amdyacd and eon i pa rod in tlu< proct-din;.' pi^i^es; but bo* 

 fore thoir evhlence can. be fully undu-rstood and Uistoiiv:aily nuirjshjdh fl, 

 Wd murft specially exandue the Mou-Auuiu himlly, luul llic tOect* on all 

 tlm aoiithiTn llimalaie voealjuhiriuH of the early eontaet oJ' the Mou- 

 Anam dialects wdli tbe Driiviriau of the Gangiitic busiu. 



Tho prpceilin^' examination of the llimahdc numerals U far from 6uf-r 

 ficitni to explain their lii.itoiy in the r^epiimt-e ^ruu)i.s soul iunt^uayeti. ill 

 *at;h ol the>e die niinifa httve been more or it>^ atli-etrd by suoce^sive 

 plu-netie cluiu'^e:', iiiti riiul mn\ oiternui, mid the ano^iat-jariuu ol each 

 ty it^oif wtilihiowlurilior hjihtou tho ttlinie njoveinenta of the [»rov5iiee. 

 lik Koiiie of tbedialect.^ aluiofit every nnmeisO beiuii-.H to a ailie.eiit age 

 er jjJiouetic pUas»t, uo that Uife aenes bus a bimimr cinu'ucler to liiut ol &t 



