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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[JULY, 1890.
Comparative Vocabulary, No. 1.
Family or Group.
Branch, or Sub-Group
Language.
Sun.
Sun.
Moon.
Stars.
Morning.
Northern
I 14 Arabic
Branch.
shams
kamar
şabah, subh
kawâkib (sing. kab)
ko
kakab
någâh
2; Giz, or Ola zahá,i
Tigre 3; Amharic, or zahai modern Abyssinian
warah taharķa
kåkåb
têwat
Ethiopic Branch.
4; Harari, Adari
or irr
charaka
ta, kish (sing. subḥ ta,i)
Semitic Family
Ethiopic sub-group
5; Somali | 6; Galla
7; Dankalf, Afari
korah daiyah
addu, hathu tshia or ayro Alsa
hêdko (sing. aroryo
hêdik) artshi hôtak (sing.) såka
irah
shihan haiyim
warit
8; Sokoţran 9; MhArt 10; G&rawi 11; Hebrew
kókab (sing.) ..... kabkob kaşôbah (sing.)
shamash
yarach
12; Chaldean 13; Assyrian
yerah tein
shamas
14; Sanskrit
| sdra, surya
chandra
târâ
ushas
