| English. | New Caledonia. | Manicolo. |
|---|---|---|
| back | donnha | dienhane diene. |
| ear | guening | ragnengo. |
| good | kapareick | kapai. |
| head | bangue | batcha. |
| moon | manoc | mele. |
| no | nda | taie. |
| testes { | quienbeigha | bona. |
| yabingue | bouenini. | |
| water | oe | ouire, Mal. |
| English. | New Caledonia, D. C. | Waigioo, D. C., &c. |
|---|---|---|
| ear | guening | guenani. |
| fish | ica | icanne, Mal. |
| teeth | inouan | analiné, Undetermined, D. C. |
Notwithstanding doubtful words certain, it seems that there is evidence of the most unlike of the languages between Waigioo and New Caledonia (inclusive) being not more unlike than the most dissimilar of the Indo-European tongues. That this statement may be enlarged seems probable by the following parallels:—
| feet { | perre, | V. D. L. | } petiran, C. B. |
| perelia (nails), | do. | ||
| beard | kongine, | V. D. L. { | gangapouni, Waig. |
| yenga, Mal. | |||
| bird | mouta, | V. D. L. | manouk, Mal. |
| chin | kamnena, | V. D. L. | gambape, Waig. |
| eye | meul, | Austr | matta, Pap. and Mal. |
| tooth { | canan | } V. D. L. { | gani, mouth, Waig., D. |
| iane | insik, teeth, P. P., Mal. | ||
| yane | |||
| forehead | caberra, | Port Jackson | kabrani, Waig. |
| sand | gune, | V. D. L. | coon, yean. |
| wood | } gui, | V. D. L. | kaibus, Pap. and Mal. |
| tree | |||
| hair { | yoka | } Australia | nihouge, New Ir. |
| rouka | |||
| sun | jinji | } Australia | niangat, N. C. |
| star | tchindai | ||
| ear | koyge, | V. D. L. | gaaineng, N. C. |
| English. | Van Diemen's Land, D. C. L. B. | New Caledonia, D.C., L.B. |
|---|---|---|
| mouth | mougui | wangue and mouanguia. |
| arm | houana, gouna | pingue. |
| shoulders { | bagny | } bouheigha. |
| baguy | ||
| fire | nuba | afi, hiepp, nap, Mal. |
| knees { | rangalia | } banguiligha. |
| rouga | ||
| dead | mata | mackie. |
| no | neudi | nola. |
| ears | cuegni-lia | guening. |
| nails | pereloigni | pihingui. |
| hair | pelilogueni | bouling, poun ingue. |
| teeth | pegui { | penoungha. |
| paou wangue. | ||
| fingers | beguia | badouheigha. |
| nose | mongui | mandec, vanding. |
| sleep | makunya | kingo. |
| English. | Andaman. | Miscellaneous. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ear | quaka { | cuengi, | V. D. L. |
| gueening, | N. C. | ||
| hand | gonie | gong, | Aust., or V. D. L. |
| mouth | morna | mona, | V. D. L. |
| nose | mellee { | mudla | } V. D. L. |
| medouer | |||
| sun | ahay | jauw, | Utan. |
| thighs | poye | pengue paan, | N. C. |
| wood | kiante | tanghee, | N. C. |
The author concluded his paper with the following observations:—
1. For all that is known to the contrary, the Negrito tongues of Sumatra, Borneo, Timor, the Moluccas, Formosa and several smaller islands of whose languages we have no specimens; may be in any relation whatever to any other language, and to each other.