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as far as regards the tongues which delight in the use of the 
n- prefix. 
Neither is it in any very close geographical contact with 
the Tucano and Coretu, the nearest of the other languages. 
It is comparatively isolated, as far as the languages of the 
present tables are concerned. 
Now if we go from these to the ordinary maps^ we find the 
contiguous populations to bear the names Tapaxana^ Cambeva, 
Ticuna^ etc._, etc. What are the relations of the Juri tongue 
in this direction? Unknown. We have no specimens of the 
Ticuna^ no specimens of the Cambevaj no specimens of the 
Tapaxana. There may be anything or nothing in the way of 
likeness ; anything or nothing in the way of difference. 
The Baniwa of Javita . — The relation of this to the other 
Baniwas must be determined by the vocabulary itself : since 
(as has been already suggested) the identity of name goes for 
nothing either way. It proves nothing in favour of affinity ; 
nothing in favour of difference. 
The pronominal prefixes {iva-) are different ; but this again 
is only primd facie evidence of real difference. A pronoun 
of a different person (as has also been already suggested) may 
have been used. 
The Lingoa Geral . — Last in the order of notice, though 
first in the list, is the Lingoa Geral, The basis of this is the 
Guarani language ; and, with two exceptions, the distribution 
of the numerous dialects and sub dialects of the Guarani 
tongue is the most remarkable in the world; the exception 
lying with the Malay and the Athabascan tongues. The Malay 
numerals have long been known to extend from Polynesia on 
one side to Madagascar on the other, and, along with the 
numerals, a notable percentage of other words as well. The 
Athabascan dialects are spoken on the shores of the Arctic 
Sea, at the mouth of the River Columbia, and within the 
tropics ; since the speech of certain of the formidable Apach 
tribes of Mexico has been shown to belong to the same class 
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