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xiv form for the present of the infinite, Evö- ben vagyok, (Hung.,) Láen porriem, (Lap.,) I am eating. The Esthonian and Hungarian pronouns have a strong resemblance.

Esthonian

Hungarian

mis

mi

what

ke

ki

who

kegi

kiki

whoever

minna

én

I

mere

mi

we

teie

ti

you.

And in their expressions of endearment there is much similarity of phrase, as Kulla Herra, (Est.,) Aranyos Uram, (Hung.,) My golden Sir!

The affinities with some of the remoter idioms, are very remarkable. The word atya, father, is (as is well known) one found in a variety of dif- ferent tongues, though I suspect its resemblance to the first lispings of a child is the secret of its extension. But blended with a possessive pronoun, the affinities are extraordinary.

Cheremissian

Hungarian

Laplandish

Cheremissian

Hungarian

Laplandish

Atjam

Atyam

Attjain

My father

Atjane

Atyánk

Mo attjeh

our father

atjat

atyad

attjatt

thy father

atjada

atyátok

to atjeh

your father

atjáse

attya

attjes

his father

atjast

attyok

attjehs

their father