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ESSAY II
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sound, particularly the RGH series, have been studied in considerable detail by Dutch scholars, e.g. quite recently by Talens and Adriani for the dialects of the Talaut Archipelago; and also by Conant for the Phihppine languages.[1]

191. In morphology some of the IN languages, e.g. Sangirese, exhibit great luxuriance, others, e.g. Bim., a slighter development, while Old Jav. occupies an intermediate position in this respect. And some such intermediate position, it may be inferred from the data set out in §§ 143-173, was also occupied by the Original IN.

  1. [See also Essay IV, §§ 40, II, 99, 129 seqq.]