-------------------+------------------+---------------------------------- | HEBREW. | YAO. -------------------+------------------+---------------------------------- SYLLABLES | Preference for | Natives find difficulty in | open syllables | pronouncing syllables ending | except where | with a consonant: theirs all | accented | end with a vowel. | | PLACE OF ACCENT | | Great uniformity (nearly always | | on the penult in Chinyasa). VOWEL SOUNDS | | Few. | | INFLEXIONS FOR | At end | At beginning. NUMBER IN | | NOUNS | | | | DUAL NUMBER | Used | No trace: _e.g._, a word like | | _both_ is translated by _all_ | | (all the two). | | CASE INFLEXION | Traces found | Entirely absent. (Nouns or Prons.) | | | | CONCORD INFLEX. | Used | Exceedingly numerous. | | CHARACTER OF | Masc. and fem. | No trace of masculine or feminine THE CONCORD | | inflexion even in pronouns: but | | distinctions like (1) personal | | or personified, (2) impersonal; | | the latter being subdivided into | | names of objects in nature, | | collective, abstract, | | ampliative, diminutive, &c. | | RULES FOR APPLYING | Faintly indicated| Almost infallibly indicated by THIS | by the termin- | the beginning of the noun. CONCORD | ation of the noun| | | NUMBER INFLEXION | At end and at | At beginning. IN VERB | beginning | | | CONCORD INFLEXION | Used | Used. IN VERB | | | | INFLEXION FOR |Gen.; at beginning| General; at beginning. PERSON | and end | | | INFLEXION OF |Pronomenal | General, and used to distinguish VERB TO INDICATE | suffixes | definite and indefinite objects. ITS OBJECT. | | | |