The following is the
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Chapter I.—On the Alphabet.
| Page. | |
| Vowels | 4 |
| Diphthongs | 5 |
| Consonants | 6 |
| Mutes | 6 |
| Nasals | 7 |
| Spirants | 8 |
| Sibilants | 9 |
| W, Y, R, L, and H | 9 |
| Interrupted sounds | 11 |
| Synthetic sounds | 12 |
| Complex combinations | 13 |
| Alphabet | 14 |
Chapter II.—Hints and Explanations.
| § | 1.—Persons | 18 |
| § | 2.—Parts of the body | 18 |
| § | 3.—Dress and ornaments | 18 |
| § | 4.—Dwellings | 20 |
| § | 5.—Implements and utensils | 23 |
| § | 6.—Food | 24 |
| § | 7.—Colors | 25 |
| § | 8.—Numerals | 25 |
| § | 9.—Measures | 26 |
| § | 10.—Division of time | 27 |
| § | 11.—Standards of value | 27 |
| § | 12.—Animals | 28 |
| § | 13.—Plants, &c. | 29 |
| § | 14.—Geographic terms | 29 |
| § | 15.—Geographic names | 30 |
| § | 16.—The firmament, meteorologic and other physical phenomena and objects | 30 |
| § | 17.—Kinship | 30 |
| § | 18.—Social organization | 38 |
| § | 19.—Government | 40 |
| § | 20.—Religion | 41 |
| § | 21.—Mortuary customs | 42 |
| § | 22.—Medicine | 43 |
| § | 23.—Amusements | 44 |
| § | 24.—New words | 45 |
| Remarks on nouns | 46 | |
| § | 25.—Accidents of nouns—demonstrative and adjective pronouns | 46 |
| § | 26.—Personal and article pronouns—transitive verbs | 47 |
| § | 27.—Possession | 49 |
| § | 28.—Intransitive verbs—adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and nouns used as verbs | 49 |
| § | 29.—Voice, mode, and tense | 51 |
| § | 30.—Additional investigations suggested | 55 |
| § | 31.—On the best method of studying materials collected | 59 |
| § | 32.—The rank of Indian languages | 69 |
Chapter III.—Schedules.
| Schedule | 1.—Persons | 77 |
| 2.—Parts of the body | 78 | |
| 3.—Dress and ornaments | 82 | |
| 4.—Dwellings | 84 | |
| 5.—Implements and utensils | 88 | |
| Wooden ware | 90 | |
| Stone implements | 91 | |
| Shell, horn, bone, &c. | 92 | |
| Basket ware | 93 | |
| Pottery | 94 | |
| 6.—Food | 95 | |
| 7.—Colors | 96 | |
| 8.—Numerals—Cardinal numbers | 97 | |
| Ordinal numbers | 98 | |
| Numeral adverbs, &c. | 100 | |
| Multiplicatives | 101 | |
| Distributives | 102 | |
| 9.—Measures | 103 | |
| 10.—Division of time | 105 | |
| 11.—Standards of value | 107 | |
| 12.—Animals—Mammals | 109 | |
| Parts of body, &c., of mammals | 113 | |
| Birds | 115 | |
| Parts of body, &c., of birds | 121 | |
| Fish | 122 | |
| Parts of the body, &c., of fish | 123 | |
| Reptiles | 124 | |
| Insects | 125 |