Indian Antiquary Vol 36

________________ 288 THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY. [AUGUST, 1907. re V. --THE NORTHBRK AND OUTER GROUPS. 8.- Proofs of the identity of the Northern and Southern Groups of Languages. Of the Five Languages of the Northern (Yērewa) Group, two, Körâ and Tabó, are still quite unstudied, the knowledge of the existence of the Tribes speaking them being of less than two years? standing, and the Language of the Yēre Tribe is very little known. Portman has, however,.preserved long lists, unfortunately to be treated with much caution, of Kade and Chêriêr words, together with many sentences, and it will be sufficient here to give a series of roots and stems, showing where the Northern and Southern Languages meet and how closely related they are by roots : premising that the syntax and word-structure of the Northern Group is identical with that of the Southern Group, and that affixes, notably the radical prefixes, are used precisely in the same way in both Groups. It is in the naties for common objects and things that languages show their relationship, and the Bojigngiji and Yērewa Groups form.no exception to this rule. Table of some Bajigngiji and Yērewa Roots, showing a common origin. ENGLISU. BEA. Волахів. KEDE. CHÅRIÂR. pig reg turtle (hawkbill) tàu tare tor tôrô clam chowai chowai chowai: chos grab būtu peti pata pata fish yât taige tajeu tajeu bow (N.) chokio chokio chokie chokwi bow (S.) karama ko ku ka wooden arrow tirlech tolo tirleich tirleit wooden pig a. påligma paligma paligma. paligne wooden a. head châm cham ohôm chom harpoon string betms kôri betmô, luremo bamboo bucket bire kup shell-dish chidi kar kar shell-cap (nautilus) ôdo kor kar kor adze wolo wole WO olo baby-sling chepe chipa chibs oord-ornament ika leaf-wrapper kaba kobo red-ochre kòiob keyep keip keip stone hammer tailibana me mio með stone anvil rârap rarap rorop rôrop canoe DO го rua c. outrigged chârigma charikma chorok chorok The same community of roots is to be seen in the names of the trees on the islands, establishing beyond doubt the close common origin of the Andaman Tribes of the Yērewa and Bojigngiji Groups, though it will, of course, be understood that in full form, with prefixes and suffixes, very nearly related words are in practice unintelligible to the ear. There are, equally of course, a great number of words, the roots of which, while common to each other in the Yērewa Group, differ entirely from those common to the Bojigogiji Group: thur Table of varying Bojigagiji and Yērewa Boots ENGLISH BEA. BOJIGYİB. KEDE. CHẤRLÂM. ornamental net r&b rap chirebale chirbale jungle-cat baian beyen chau belt, round bod bel toto tôtô b. flat, broad rögun rogan kudu. gb| kup kar chip kậpa kobu rūko chau

SR No.	032528
Book Title	Indian Antiquary Vol 36
Original Sutra Author	N/A
Author	Richard Carnac Temple
Publisher	Swati Publications
Publication Year	1984
Total Pages	430
Language	English
Classification	Book_English
File Size	15 MB

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