Note 5 — VII. AFFINITIES.
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In the series of tens, 30 to 90, Mikir prefixes the multiplier: thòm-kèp, philī-kèp, phòngō-kèp, etc. The Boṛo group prefixes the tens (Garo sot-brī, 40, sot-bonggā, 50, sot-dok, 60, etc.).5 The Naga group has both systems; Angāmi prefixes the tens: lhī6-dā, 40, lhī-pangu, 50, lhī-suru, 60; Lhota and Ao suffix them: Lhota tham-dro, 30, zü-ro, 40, rok-ro, 60; Ao semur’ 30, lir’ 40, rok-ur’ 60. In the Kuki-Chin group the majority of dialects prefix the tens (Thado and Lushei sōm-thūm 30, sōm-lī 40, etc.), and this is also the rule for Kachcha Naga, Kabui, and Khoirāo, as well as for all the languages classed by Dr. Grierson as Naga-Kuki. But the Shö or southern Chins not only have the same collocation as the Mikirs (thum-gip, mlī-gip, nghā-gip)—an arrangement which also obtains in Burmese,—but use the same words. This coincidence is very striking.