133 The occurrence of nasal sounds at the end of words, as in this instance, form an apparent exception to the principle that Chinese words consist simply of one consonant followed by a vowel. But these nasals Adelung states to be mere evanescent intonations. 134 Adelung, notwithstanding his opinion that the Chinese is a perfectly distinct language, was struck with the analogy between “Foo Tsin,” and “Moo Tsin,” and “Fa-ther” and “Mo-ther.” 135 It is observable, that as in the above instances of Heuen and Keen, the Chinese verbs very commonly terminate in a nasal _n_, as do those of the Persian and Teutonic. 136 Cooper’s Last of the Mohicans. 137 See chapter on the Chinese. _ 138 Ind._ means, _N. A. Indian_. This term (_Ind._) is used here exclusively to distinguish words from the dialects of the Algonquyn class. 139 A Western Tribe visited by Mr. Catlin. 140 Nain (_Welsh_) Grandmother. 141 “A Woman.” See Parkhurst’s Lex. 142 Nunk (_Indian_) means “Young.” 143 This word is from the dialects of the Iroquois, another class of Indian Tribes, who inhabited the present territory of the United States. 144 “War,” Aguwarrie, in the Iroquois dialects, Gewehr (_German_), Guerre (_French_), War (_English_). 145 Parkhurst. 146 Nakoha (_Mandan_), Noh gee (_Sioux_). 147 They are chiefly composed of Pronouns, terms which form the basis of Grammar. 148 Hooynt does not mean “It” in Welsh. In that language it is a plural and not a singular, as Mr. Catlin supposes. This circumstance, however, does not render the example less relevant, “Hooynt” (_Welsh_) being clearly identical with the terms from the Mandan, Turkish, &c., with which it is compared above; for pronouns, singular and plural, were originally the same words as they still are in all cases in the Chinese, and in several instances in the above examples. 149 Dr. Prichard, Eastern Origin of Celts, p. 134. 150 This is an erroneous example, I conceive. “Megosh” is also a questionable one. 151 Dr. Prichard, Eastern Origin of Celts. 152 Compare Pend-o (_Latin_). 153 Many of those differences displayed by the North American Indian languages among themselves, and as compared to those of Asia, which have been assumed by many writers to be fundamental, consist of mere transitions of application agreeably to Horne Tooke’s principles; terms which appear as pronoun inflections in one dialect, occurring as pronouns, or as words for “Man” in others, &c. Thus we have Rauha pronoun of the third person “He” (_Iroquois._) Rehoje, “Man Homo,” (_Tarahumaran._) R.ch.e, Rou.e, “Life, Soul, Spirit, Breath,” (_Hebrew and Arabic._) 154 As to the identity of these inflections, “Om, Amo, Amen,” with pronouns and nouns. (See Appendix A, pp. 53-4.)