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G. Languages like the Quechua, Mojo, and the Lengua-Mascoy liave 
developed a olear pronominal system, as suffixes in the first, and pre- 
íixes in the last two, and the root words are brought into line with 
strengthening and balancing consonants. Even in the Vejoz and Toba 
the partióles are more or less regular. Is the Choroti with its anomalies 
a primitivo form of language, or a degenerate form ? In any case the 
processes of word-building with olear cut monosyllabic partióles will 
throw light on the otlver languages of the Chaco group. 
7. An examination of the principal words in detail, following tho 
order indicated below, will give at a glance the roots and the method of 
word-building. Some importan! comparisons with other languages 
will be given, and the contrasts and equations of letters will be indicated 
thus, e.g. : 
ahi-ne, ayi-ne, man (h= y) aj, alies , skin (j— n) 
8. The following table will facilítate reference to roots and partióles 
dealt with in 
this study : 
A, ai . 
Chap. VII 
w,f . 
Chap. XVIII 
E . . . 
„ VIII 
M . . 
,. XIX 
1 . . . 
„ ix 
p . . 
„ XX 
0, H 
„ X 
K, ky . 
„ XXI, XXII 
II, j ■ • 
„ XI, XII 
N . . 
„■ XXIII, XXIV 
Y . . . 
„ XIII, XIV 
T . . 
„ XXV 
S, sh, ts, cli 
„ XV, XVI, XVII 
L, tli, tlil 
„ XXVI 
VII. Examples of Roots and Derivatives (A, AI) 
A, move, go, come. 
A, ha, neg. pref., I am not. 
A, la, fruit. T. la ; V. lai ; L.-M. na (l=n). 
A, ali, thou. 
A, v. pref., I : e.g. a-yilc, I go ; G. a-mhoe, 1 teach. 
A, n. pref., thy, your : e.g. a-Jcyo, thy hand. The a is a feminine prefix 
in L.-M. and Toba. 
A, am, aw, v. pref., thou. IJsed also in Toba, Vejoz, Suliin ; L.-M. áb 
or dp. 
A, thing, animal, person ; L.-M. ale, yak, áksdk. 
A, prefix or article to nouns, a, an, the : e.g. a-la, a tree. 
A, prefix to verbs, at, on to : e.g. a-fui-iya, on-wing-go, i.e. fly, flee. 
A, alia, alia, -le, dead ; Q. aya (u=y) ; le, pl. suf. 
A, ah, aj, striko, beat, hit, Jlog ; a-e, ring bcll, striko objcct ; ajaha-ne, 
ílog (reduplicaron of ah to form the plural of action and of persons, 
