See Ludwig in voc. Tepeguana.
Pirinda and Tarasca.—The statement that there is a Pirinda grammar is inaccurate. There is one of the Tarasca; to which the reader is referred.
But this is not all. Under the title Pirinda in Ludwig we find that De Souza says of Fr. Juan Bravo, the author of a grammar of the Lengua Tarasca "fue maestro peritissimo de la lengua Pirinda llamada Tarasca." This makes the two languages much more alike than the present paper makes them. The present paper, however, rests on the Pater-nosters. How inconclusive they are has already been indicated.
⁋ The following table, the result of a very limited collation gives some miscellaneous affinities for the Otomi.
| English | man. |
|---|---|
| Otomi | nanyehe. |
| Maya &c. | uinic. |
| Paduca | wensh. |
| English | woman. |
| Otomi | danxu. |
| Maya | atan=wife. |
| English | woman. |
| Otomi | nsu. |
| Talatui | essee. |
| English | hand. |
| Otomi | ye. |
| Talatui | iku. |
| English | foot. |
| Otomi | qua. |
| Maya &c. | oc. |
| English | blood. |
| Otomi | qhi. |
| Maya &c. | kik. |
| English | hair. |
| Otomi | si. |
| S. Miguel | te-asa-kho. |
| English | ear. |
| Otomi | gu. |
| S. Miguel | tent-khi-to. |
| English | tooth. |
| Otomi | tsi. |
| Attacapa | ods. |
| English | head. |
| Otomi | na. |
| Sekumne | ono=hair. |
| English | fire. |
| Otomi | tzibi. |
| Pujune | ça. |
| English | moon. |
| Otomi | tzona. |
| Kenay | ssin=star. |
| English | stone. |
| Otomi | do. |
| Cumanch | too-mepee. |
| English | winter. |
| Otomi | tzaa. |
| Cumanch | otsa-inte. |
| S. Gabriel | otso. |
| English | fish. |
| Otomi | hua. |
| Maya &c. | cay. |
| English | bird. |
| Otomi | ttzintzy. |
| Maya &c. | tchitch. |
| English | egg. |
| Otomi | mado. |
| Poconchi | molo. |
| English | lake. |
| Otomi | mohe. |
| Pima | vo. |
| English | sea. |
| Otomi | munthe. |
| U. Sac. &c. | muni=water. |
| English | son. |
| Otomi | tsi. |
| —— | ti. |
| —— | batsi. |
| —— | iso. |
| Natchez | tsitsce=child. |
| English | meat. |
| Otomi | nhihuni. |
| —— | ngoe=flesh. |
| Mexican | nacatl=flesh. |
| English | eat. |
| Otomi | tsa. |
| Talatui | tsamak. |
| English | good. |
| Otomi | manho. |
| Sekumne | wenne. |
| English | rabbit. |
| Otomi | qhua. |
| Huasteca | coy. |
| English | snake. |
| Otomi | qqena. |
| Maya | can. |
| English | yes. |
| Otomi | ha. |
| Cumanch | haa. |
| English | three. |
| Otomi | hiu. |
| Mexican | yey. |
| Huasteca | okh. |
The other two are as follows.
(2.)
The Otomi with the languages akin to the Chinese en masse.