_Zoque._ _Mixe._ _Zapotec._ _Mixtec._ Man, puen, yai-tohk, beni niguio, yee. Woman, yoma, toix, beni gonaa, ñahadzehe. Sun, hama, xeuh, { chii, { gobiche. Moon, poya, xapa, xona xibeo. Fire, hucata, xöön, guii. Water, na, noo, niza. Head, copac, cobaac, icqui, dzini. Eye, vitem, huin, bizaloo, tenu. Ear, tatzec, tatzc, tiaga, tutnu, dzoho. Mouth, angnaca, au, rua, rohua, yuhu. Nose, quina, höp, xii, dzitui. Tongue, totz, yen, luuchi, yaa. Tooth, tetz, tötz, chitalaaga, noho. Hand, tzamguica, cöö, naa, daha. Foot, manguica, teic, nii. House, töc, tenk, yuu, lichi, huahi. 1, tuma, tuuc, tubi, ek. 2, metza, metzc, tiopa, uvui. 3, tucay, tucoc, chona, uni. 4, macscuy, mactaxc, tapa, kmi. 5, mosay, mocoxc, guayo, hoho. In the above vocabularies the relation of the Zoque to the Mixe is more clearly shown than that of the Zapotec to the Mixtec. A more extended comparison of the two latter has been instituted by Pimentel in his work on the languages of Mexico, which appears to strengthen the belief that they belong to the same stock. Prof. Friedrich Müller, however, continues to regard them as separate stocks (_Grundriss der Sprachwissenschaft_, Bd. II., Ab. I., s. 298, sq.). The question is discussed with fullness in the introduction, by Dr. Nicholas Leon, to the _Arte del Idioma Zapoteco_, of Juan de Cordova (ed. Morelia, 1886), to which the student is referred. I think the evidence is sufficient to regard them as allied idioms. The Zapotec of the mountains, _Zapoteco serrano_, differs considerably from that which is given above. CENTRAL STOCKS.