26 SISSANO. 
From these percentages we derive the three curves which repre- 
sent the phonetic character of the two languages brought under com- 
parison. In each of the three 
speech profiles it is easy to 
observe how different the lan- 
guages are. In order to direct 
those who have not had to 
deal with this graphic presen- 
tation we point out the prin- 
cipal lines of divergence. 
In the vowel profile(Fig. 1) 
we note but one line in which 
the two are at all compara- 
ble—the line which connects 
the e with the i. In the 
Sissano we remark the flatness 
of the line i-o—u, which in the 
Samoan is marked by a secondary peak at o and a marked drop at u. 
The first profile of the consonants (Fig. 2), that based upon the 
frequency of employment.of the three consonant-forming organs, 

Fig. 1.—Vowel profile. 

0 : : 
Palatal Lingual Labial Semivowel = Nasal Sibilant Spirant Mute 
Fig, 2; Fig, 3. 
exhibits a remarkable peculiarity of difference. The two languages 
represent opposite phases, for if either profile were turned over it 
would be found closely to coincide with the other. The frequency 
of the palatal in the proto-Samoan and of the labial in Sissano stand 
at the same level; the frequency of the Sissano palatal is but little less 
than that of the labial in Samoan. 
