The following table will show the relation I am seeking to establish. It is selected equally from Aryan and Polynesian branches; but there is this to be observed that, while the latter in all probability exhibit the archaic form of the language, the former exhibit a comparatively later and more or less modified form of the same.
| | Persian | Old Slavonic | Anglo Saxon | Welsh | Latin
|
| 1 | Yek | Yedino[4] | An | Un | Unus |
| 2 | Du | Dova | Tva | Dau | Duo |
| 3 | Sih | Tri | Thri | Tri | Tres |
| 4 | Kehar | Chetoiriye | Feover[5] | Pedoar | Quatuor |
| 5 | Peng | Pamete | Fif | Pump | Quinque |
| 6 | Ses | Seste | Six | Chwech | Sex—seni |
| 7 | Heft | Sedme | Seofon | Saith | Septem |
| 8 | Hest | Osme | Eahta[6] | Wyth | Octo |
| 9 | Nuh | Devamte | Nigon | Naw | Novem |
| 10 | Deh | Desamte | Tyn[7] | Deg | Decem |
| | Pulo-Nias | Tsor | Mysol | Sunda | Greek
|
| 1 | Sara | Kayee | Katim | Hidji | Hen |
| 2 | Dua | Rua | Lei | Duwa | Dyo |
| 3 | Tula | Tel | Tol | Tilu | Treis[[356]] |
| 4 | Ufa | Faht | Fut | Opat | Tessara |
| 5 | Lima | Lima | Lim | Lima | Pente |
| 6 | Unu and Ano | Nem | Onum | Gennep | Hex |
| 7 | Fitu | Fit | Fit | Tudju | Hepta |
| 8 | Walu | Wal | Wal | Dalapea | Okto |
| 9 | Suwa | Siwer | Si | Solapan | Ennea |
| 10 | Fulu | Huta | Lafu | Sa-pulu | Deka |
| | Samoan | Tonga | Rarotonga | Tahiti (Savage Is.) | Niue
|
| 1 | Tasi | Taha | Tai | Tahi | Taha |
| 2 | Lua | Ua or Lua | Rua | Rua or Piti | Ua |
| 3 | Tolu | Tolu | Toru | Toru | Tolu |
| 4 | Fa | Fa | A | Ha or Maha | Fa |
| 5 | Lima | Nima | Rima | Rima or Pae | Lima |
| 6 | Ono | Ono | Ono | Ono | Ono |
| 7 | Fitu | Fitu | Itu | Hitu | Fitu |
| 8 | Valu | Valu | Va’u | Varu or Va’u | Valu |
| 9 | Iva | Hiwa | Iva | Iva | Iva |
| 10 | Sefulu or Sengafulu | Hongafulu or Angafulu | Ngauru | Ahuru | Hongafulu |
|
| New Zealand
| Rapa
| Vaihu (Easter Is.)
| Marquesas
| Hawaii
|
| 1 | Tahi | Ta’i | Tahi | Tahi | Kahi |
| 2 | Rua | Rua | Rua | Ua | Lua |
| 3 | Toru | Toru | Toru | To’u | Kolu |
| 4 | Wha | Aa | Haa | Fa or Ha | Ha |
| 5 | Rima (ringa) | Rima | Rima | Ima | Lima |
| 6 | Ono | Ono | Hono | Ono | Ono |
| 7 | Whitu | Itu | Hitu | Fitu | Hiku |
| 8 | Waru | Varu | Varu | Va’u | Walu |
| 9 | Iwa | Iwa | Hiwa | Iva | Iwa |
| 10 | Ngahuru | Ngauru | Anahuru | Onohu’u | Umi |
|
| Manahiki
(Humphrey)
| Fakaafo
(Union Isls.)
| Rotuma
| Niua
(New Hebrides)
| Vate, New Hebrides at Mele,
(Sandwich Is.)
|
| 1 | Tahi | Tasi | Ta | Tasi | Tasi |
| 2 | Rua | Lua | Rua | Rua | Rua |
| 3 | Toru | Tolu | Thol | Toru | Toru |
| 4 | Fa | Fa | Hak | Fa | Fa |
| 5 | Rima | Lima | Lium | Rima | Rima |
| 6 | Ono | Ono | On | Ono | Ono |
| 7 | Hitu | Fitu | Hith | Fitu | Fitu |
| 8 | Varu | Valu | Vol | Varu | Varu |
| 9 | Iva | Iva | Siar | Iva | Siva |
| 10 | Raungahuru | Sefulu | Sanghul | Tangafuru | Nofuru |
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| | Malay (Marsden’s Dict.) | Daya-Marut or Idaan (Borneo) | Bugui (Written lang.) | Batta
|
| 1 | Satu | Uni | Sadi | Sada |
| 2 | Dua | Dui | Dua | Duo |
| 3 | Tinga | Toru | Telu | Tolu |
| 4 | Ampat | Ampat | Mpa | Opat |
| 5 | Lima | Rima | Lima | Lima |
| 6 | Anam | Anam | Mora | Onam |
| 7 | Tujuh | Pitu | Pitu | Paitu |
| 8 | Salapan | Haaia | Harua | Walu |
| 9 | Sambilan | Sui | Hassera | Sia |
| 10 | Sa-pulu | Sapulu | Sapulu | Sapulu |
| | Ceram Isl. | Savu Isl. | Mosses Isl. | Lampoon | Mindanao and Sulu Arch.
|
| 1 | Inta and Isa | Ise | Kau | Iai | Isa |
| 2 | Lua | Rue | Rua | Rua | Dava |
| 3 | Tolu | Tolu | Tolu | Tolu | Tulu |
| 4 | Patu | Apa | Wali | Ampa | Apat |
| 5 | Lima | Lumi | Rima | Lima | Lima |
| 6 | Lama? | Una | Eno | Anam | Anam |
| 7 | Pitu | Pitu | Vitu | Pitu | Pitu |
| 8 | Alu | Aru | Ialu | Valu | Valu |
| 9 | Tio | Saio | Siwa | Siwa | Siau |
| 10 | Pulu | Singauru | Sangapulu | Pulu | Sanpulu |
| | Tagalog Philippines | Papango Philippines | Java | Malagasy (Madagascar)
|
| 1 | Isa | Isa-metong | Siji | Isa or Rek |
| 2 | Dalawa | A-dua | Loru | Rua |
| 3 | Tatlo | A-tlo | Tulu | Tolu |
| 4 | Ampat | Apat | Papat | Efa (or Efatra) |
| 5 | Lima | Lima | Limo | Liman (Dimy) |
| 6 | Anim | Anam | Nanam | One (Enima) |
| 7 | Pito | Pitu | Pitu | Hitu (Fitu) |
| 8 | Walo | Valo | Valo | Valu |
| 9 | Siam | Siam | Sango | Siwa |
| 10 | Polo | Apolo | Sapulo | Fulu |