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irTHNOLOGT OP THE INDO-FACIFIC ISLiNDS, 



in new alinpes. Distinct smmds were not in generiil invented or imitBted 

 for now couL-eptiuns. The cini<r}itiori.-4iiTjd the niutuRS <;Tew ti»<r*'lher from 

 tliy aid stock, 'i'lie Rejuinition vt' fjiiniiiet; iimst vc Ut'ttn the w*ruiid Htnirce 

 of deAelopment, intellectual and litiiiuistii*. Uy this ii.effns cliiutiy the 

 priraury i*oot,s acquilwl vaiii't)- in jihonobfry find tipiflii-ftlion. Enck new 

 family or trilit^ hfcjiitii* (he nnrses v of » new diiilt^ct; nml tho Intcrcora- 

 munieation of tljt>se diiilects ffintluiilly finicbed *'iu li with klea.* umi vo- 

 cables. It was oidy by the aid of hunilred.s of sistfr-diulects tbat it be- 

 came poswible for imy one diidi'ct, idter a;;-fB of frrowtli, to make ixti «p- 

 proacli to 11 languatje in our s^oihh of tbe word. In every period of time 

 and ill every jrroiip of bmiriiaLreH tbo siinie mutual aetiou ^(m^ on. 

 Uen[;e, as thef^enealoyy of every exi^tinijf dialect nseend* to tbe bii'g'in. 

 iiiuf^' of human speecli in tlie world or in the rac^e, atid prices tbrtnijrh 

 Intv^ period:? of hurbin'i.^m and of a minute snbdiviHtoij of ti'il)e.s its vocii- 

 biilury has had innumerable proximate sources. Ha di.st'overahle homogo- 

 Tieity h in proporlitm to tlie narrowness or exclusiveneBs of the drcle of 

 diiilectic develojiment and intpra^tion. It may be at ft maximum in a 

 group that baa aKvaVi^ n'ruaiiicd bechuled, so fivr as the ^opnipbv of any 

 any province admits of and filtbouiib flje tiwlusion ]uva lastetf so long 

 that urehiiiciilly disiijict dialects liave now few voeuhhsiu cummona. 



Pfi^e^ a. The new series of Vijidvun vocnbularios cotnpiled for Mr, 

 HodgHon by Mr. ^■evIli (J, li. As. Sue fur i8r)(J. p. 40) have the comnjon 

 form of the firat piou. A-nn Kinidh, n^ii 8uvara, nai-a7i lja(hdiii, (noi-«^/f/ 

 poiis., nn-rtM Yerukahi,, {nu-mu, ini-jnhd'ru, pL, the secod funn euinbtu- 

 ing the ab^opite and the relative pi, partielea as in the Teluiru mi-ru). 

 The secojid pron. ban the com. form in Gadabii no, Vernk. ni-n« (ph ni- 

 nffa-ln^u\-nf/-l:i Ihuhijfa, a-va-iii), Kondh yi-wa. In (he iNilffiri seriea 

 furnished by Mr, Metr, adu-ni is _u-iveji as a ftinir. form of the 3rd pron. 

 ill Toda, along with U'llu, n-vau, ilu; jil. beiii;^ a-va*r a-du-m. 



I\(/e ir>. Savflni supplies n new pruuf that tlie labiid -id pron, of Kol 

 is SI plund form used iji tho .^intfidar. It uses the same ph fonn, in both 

 numbers^ a-uia-n ifwu, u-nia^n j/r (pe-n Gad., a-va ru Ye uk). 



IX. Numerals. 



The new Nilgirl and Vindyau series liave led me to adopt some modi- 

 fication of the analysis in Cbap. v. The reaaoiia will be found in Ibe «ec 

 on the Mon-Ansim numeral in Cluip. vi. 



1. The S. Drav. on-n^ I, J now read o-n?*?/, and identify the root with 



A. ±mi c. i^rav. on-r/i i now n-au «, miix jiinni*. ."^ ".i.. 

 TO of the 1 of Todii vu^rWrt, 'IVlitL'. xu-ku-tt, ^i W^'in vo-Mt/w, vo-^Wtf, and 

 the com. pa, ht\ of 10, nn-hti-rhi &e. (]». 56). Yerukala has vo-nd/i 

 ^o-ndu Karn, The MhIl' pa-//f/u.wf/, it-nd i-fif/ I are shutlar iorms. Conrp. 

 also the Tdujru va-mhi lOD. Tbu Kol »tul AIon-An»m tuo-i &c. 1 tho 

 8ume root, with a diflercut Drav. ptLSJi. pontf. 



2. era^f/w and (he vuriatioiia in 2 and bi;^bcr munlu-rs T now read q m- 

 rfu, e.rf, i.m, e.r &c. e, i lu'in^f the sole ivmnant ef the ultimate nrnt, 

 which in Its oldest form bud^ r«, ru only as si poslJ' or gccond elemvjit, 

 but alUTwardg superadded -du &c., prohybly on ibe earlier pontf. con- 

 creting with the root remnant. Uruon has e-ww 2, nia-wt* 3. i- rom the 

 fiiriie and frequent elisoii of lie initial hibial it is probidde that the full 

 form of the initial root was be, hi. (p. «0.) The Ibrm he^m i:c. a-ree« 

 with the Kol ba.rj and tbut ba iiS th.; iuLlia! rot»t and r aseeond element 

 or apoitfix in bar app^^ard i'l-om its ot:eunin^J with tht' gutLitrni postlutm 



