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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 March 2011
In an article on the representation of tones in Oriental languages (JRAS., 1920, pp. 475 ft), I pointed out that the so-called Vedic accents were the same as the tones found in certain Indo-Chinese languages, the only difference being one of name. In this connexion I stated that the visargacorresponded to the Indo-Chinese glottal check—the “ entering tone ” of Southern Mandarin and other Chinese dialects.
page 120 note 1 The number of the record is 6955 AK.
page 121 note 1 Record No. 6957 AK.
page 121 note 2 Both the above-mentioned records are in verse. If it is desired to hear the pronunciation in prose, No. 6954 AK gives the opening passage of Sankara's commentary on the Brahma-sūtrasin the Marāthā, and No. 6956 AK in the indigenous pronunciation.