DIALECTS OF THE UTO-AZTECAN STOCK.--(_Continued._)

_Heve._ _Tepehuana._ _Opata._ _Cora._

Man, dor, chiuaitcam, uri, teuit, teáta.

Woman, { hub, } osi, _pl._ nau, uita.

{ hoquis, }

Sun, tuui, tanaol, tät, xeucat.

Moon, metzat, maasol, metza, añahupi.

Fire, te, tay, thai, teujcuarit.

Water, bat, suudai, vat, ahti.

Head, zonit, maao, muuti.

Eye, vusit, bopoe, mäua, hiuziti.

Ear, nacat, naxaihti.

Mouth, tenit, intrigni.

Nose, dacat, yak.

Tongue, nenet, nuin, nanuriti.

Tooth, tanus, tatama.

Hand, mamat, ingnaono.

Foot, tarat, incaiao, moamati.

House, quit, vāāk, kit, chapoariti.

1, sei, homad, se.

2, godum, gaok, hualpoa.

3, veidum, baech, vaide.

4, nausi, maukao, nago.

5, marqui, chetam, marizi.

Still more substantial proof of the unity of this stock is furnished by

the comparative grammar of its different members. These present various

phases of morphological development, but always on the same lines. The

Nahuatl is much the higher of them all, and in some of its forms attains

to a truly inflectional character, as has been shown by Professor

Steinthal.

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