The language, well as the ancient in stations of 1 the country, have been
but little affedMfbby thkfcdfever-sibh.hi'Thu ^Javan language was abundantly
.copious;'before the- irifrodllp'tioh?- of1 Arabic -'literature/ and h # few- or no
deficfehcies tbdf^suppltedi^-
a, sphe genetal cHafacte’rv of tip language is strongly indicative of a former
advanced state- O^feivilization, and illustrates, in some‘degree, the present
characterH of the* people. ’-°I& i^ficlPa'hd refined'/’it abounds in synonimes
and nice" distinctions « it is'-ntlEked^ria Easily macfe 'to bend, and suit itself
to evei'y occasion' it is, in a'liigH-^d^ree,.elxpressivO of power and servility.*
As the»languages of the'whole1 Ali‘dhip'fel4go-are so'-intimately connected
with each Mother, and that of'Celebes irf particular is'solittle known, I have
.liabjoined in an- Appendix 'sOm^further Comparative' vocabularies of the
slanguages eagt of Java, with some observations oh tpes Bitgis, and Mangkdsar
nations.! •
ordinary purposes, the Javatis,' as already described, 'use a modifica- Numerals,
tiori’of Vpme or the Ri^emof tKeir,'alphabet as numerals, and a representa-
iSon^efWfSe numerals has- beep given in '"the’ table ofltffe Javan alphabet,
page. (S61; but on occasions' of^nnpdrtance, itr is usual toemploy. certain
lig& n r^m b o lsin '^ l^ th e& e ordinary numerals,- and this practice"appears
•0eWgreat antiquity among mem. Thlsse*1 symbols are termed chandra
Mngjcrtta, “ reflection's Of royal times,, of *e the light of royal dates/*" and
Consist in a certain number' 'of object's, &c.' either represented in design
named, each1 of which is significant -of <mei of the fen numerals. Of the
former class are’ said t'6 beHhose' fOOnd ‘iff mou of the ancient buildings and
rltaifs/ wTiihh in that fehie usually bear nb inscription; The latter is found
in most of^fthe ,ancient inscriptions,- and in’such of the written." compositions
as pdssess any date at all, and is adopted in all proclamations and-public
yrritings by tbh sovereign of the .present day.
Tfie Apjped'dM" G. contains account, bf tndserp'edtlli'ar niliperals^ as far
as they~are‘ at' presenf.und,eJfst%cl byJ the Javahs. In. Mo hse of them, they
endeavour to select such objects from the list, as when Jead in Sjiecessioq,
3 B 2 ' may
' * it Jjjig gtyle of ’the address ilr Mexican is varied according'to th’e rank of die persons with
« whom, or jabout whoin,' conversation is held, by adding to the noons,' verbs, prepositions,
ana’ adverbs, certain particles expressive of respect.J -OEhis^yaiiety,''which givesi so'much
refinement to the language, does not however make it difficult to be spoken, because it is
V< subjected to .rules, which are fixed and easy; nor, do we know" any language that is more
v ‘regular and meuibcbcal "—History of.Mexiceybg Clm>i‘geh^vol. 1.‘
.. f Appendix F.