Short ("North Americans of Antiquity," p. 494) says, "There is no doubt
that strong analogies exist between the Otomi and the Chinese." Senor
Najera ("Dissertacion Sobre la lingua Othomi, Mexico," pp. 87, 88) gives
a list of words from which I quote the following:
+----------+---------+------------+----------+--------+------------+
| Chinese. | Othomi. | English. | Chinese. | Othomi | English. |
+----------+---------+------------+----------+--------+------------+
| Cho | To | The, that. | Pa | Da | To give. |
+----------+---------+------------+----------+--------+------------+
| Y | N-y | A wound. | Tsun | Nsu | Honor. |
+----------+---------+------------+----------+--------+------------+
| Ten | Gu, mu | Head. | Hu | Hmu | Sir, Lord. |
+----------+---------+------------+----------+--------+------------+
| Siao | Sui | Night | Na | Na | That. |
+----------+---------+------------+----------+--------+------------+
| Tien | Tsi | Tooth | Hu | He | Cold. |
+----------+---------+------------+----------+--------+------------+
| Ye | Yo | Shining | Ye | He | And.
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