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denotes in general a masculine agent) to Jcit , producing fatel. Mater¬ 
nal grandfather is expressed by motel, the two grandmothers being ex¬ 
pressed by ji-jatcl and ji-motel. Grandson is denoted by soulil , grand¬ 
daughter by ji-soulil, the affix lil having generally the force of a di¬ 
minutive. Thus the derived relationships are not expressed by general 
rules for combining the elementary relationships, but instead, a few 
words are obtained in an arbitrary manner by attaching to the stems 
comparatively meaningless prefixes and affixes. It has been pointed 
out by several scholars* that the inventor of Volapuk makes a funda¬ 
mental error in proceeding synthetically instead of analytically, and in 
this matter of terms for relationship we have an example of that funda¬ 
mental mistake. 
* Dr. D. G. Brinton—“Aims and Traits of a World Language.” 
Dr. Horatio Hale—“An International Language.”—Proc. A. A. A. S., Vol. 
XXXVII. 
