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PLYMOUTH INSTITUTION. 



JANUARY 30TH. Mr. J. PRIDEAUX, On Linguistics. 



The lecturer stated that he was unable to extend beyond the divi- 

 sions of Asia and Europe, without too far encroaching on the time 

 allotted for discussion. 



He likewise stated that the facts contained in his paper were chiefly 

 drawn from the Atlas Ethnographique of Balbi; whose classification 

 was followed throughout. 



He then proceeded to say that the great divisions are, 



Asiatic Languages European Languages. 



\ . Semitic, 1 . Basque and Celtic, 



2. Caucasian, 2. Greco Latin, 



3. Persic, 3. Germanic, 



4. Indian, 4. Sclavonic, 



5. Trans-Gangetic, 5. Ouralian. 



6. Tartar. 



These are again subdivided into branches, 



Type, 

 the Arabic. 



Type, 



Ancient Arme- 

 nian. 



Type, Persian. 

 Type, Sanscrit 



Type, Chinese. 



The Semitic into Hebrew, Syriac, Medic, 

 Arabic, and Abyssinian. 



( ;m< ;isi;m Georgian, Armenian, Les- 



ghian, Mizdjeghi, Circass- 

 ian, and Abassan. 



Persic, all one family, 



Indian, also one family, 



Trans-Gangetic, Thibedan, Indo-Chinese, 

 Chinese, Corean, Japan CM-. 



Siberian, all illiterate, passed over. 



Basque, only a single language. 



Celtic, Gaelic, and Kymric. 



Greco-Latin, Thraco-Illyrian, Hellenic- 



Greek, Italic. 



Germanic, Teutonic, Saxon, Scandina- 



vian, Anglo-Britannic. 



Sclavonic, Russian, Polish, Lithuan- 



ian. 



Ouralian, mostly illiterate, 



In conclusion the lecturer gave a succinct notice of the radical and 

 grammatical relations; the leading literary distinctions, and the 

 graphic characters of each subdivision : with a few observations on 

 the ancient Cornish language; and some conjecture respecting the 

 great Indo-Germanic chain. 



Type, Gaelic. 

 Type, Hellenic. 



Type, 

 Meso-Gothic. 



Type, Russian. 

 Type, Hungarian. 



