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The numismatic chronicle and journal of the Royal Numismatic Society

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THE SILVER COINAGE OF TIBET. 353<br />

<strong>The</strong> Tibetan transcriptions <strong>of</strong> proper names on <strong>the</strong>se<br />

coins exhibit, when compared with <strong>the</strong> M<strong>and</strong>arin pronunciation<br />

<strong>and</strong> with <strong>the</strong> present pronunciation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Pekinese, <strong>the</strong> rapidity <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> progressive phonetic decay<br />

<strong>of</strong> this dialect. Of course <strong>the</strong> Chinese <strong>of</strong>ficers brought<br />

with <strong>the</strong>m to Tibet <strong>the</strong> pronunciation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Court. So<br />

-BT/ew-Lung in M<strong>and</strong>arinic is Ch'an Lung 35 on <strong>the</strong> Tibetan<br />

coins in 1793-96, <strong>and</strong> is now Ch'ien Lung in present<br />

Pekinese pronunciation. Kia K'ing (M.) was Cha Ts'ing<br />

(T.C.), <strong>and</strong> is now Chia Ch'ing in <strong>the</strong> more <strong>and</strong> more<br />

corrupted pronunciation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Court dialect.<br />

35<br />

LONDON, Dec. 1881.<br />

TERRIEN DE LA COUPERIE.<br />

Wrappers with coins sent from Peking <strong>the</strong> last century have Chin Lung.<br />

VOL. I. THIRD SERIES.

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