Page:An introduction to Dravidian philology.djvu/185

Rh (3) The prefixes and suffixes of Sanskrit verbs are fused with the roots in Prakrit verbal forms, so that it is no longer possible to separate them from the roots

(4) The past participles have formed themselves into new bases in the neo-Prakrits to which pronouns or pronominal particles are added to denote the person, gender and number of the finite verbs.

(1) Most of the vocabulary of the Dravidian languages, especially Tel and Kan has a Prakritic source. Names of household objecta, domestic animals, common insects, names of relationship, abstract names, names of measures &c., can be derived from one or other of the Prakrits. Tamil and Malayalam bave gone further in their development and their Prakritic source can be determined by the application of philological principles.

(2) Most of the ordinary roots