PHILOLOGICAL INQUIRIES. 4S1 



are commonly confidered ar, entirely derived from otlicrs, 

 will be found on clofer infpecflion to pofTefs words tliat 

 are not found in thefe, and alfo roots of correfpondlng 

 words in them. — Thus the whole of the Englifli cannot 

 be accounted for from the Anglo-Saxon, Danilh, Norman, 

 French and Britifh : the French, Italian, Spanifli and 

 Portuguefe have relations beyond the wide circle of Latin, 

 Teutonic, and Gothic, Greek, Hebrew, Celtic, and Ara- 

 bian. — Provincial words and modes of fpeech are important, 

 whether they be reliques of an original people, or kindred 

 of a different language. — The jargon of the populace af- 

 fords many interefting hints. — The colle£livc ftores of 

 ancient and modern European languages have an exteniivu 

 proportion common with many, particularly in Afia : 

 among thefe the Perfian affinities are befl; known : thofe of 

 the Chinefe (particularly with the Scandinavians) have 

 been hitherto beft fhown by the late Prof. Rudbcck^ a Swede 

 — this language, which has records beyond our acra, is 

 very important. — A belief that the whole European flock 

 is Afiatic does, however, exceed onr prefent knowledge. 



I. Art. On the Early State of Mankind. 



Some objedts have fuch conflant relation to human life, 



that a frequent mention of them was indifpenfible in the 



^ R earlieft 



Explication of the lingual marks — E. Englifh — S. Sv.'cd- 

 ifli— D. Danifli— G. German— H. Holland— If. Iflandic 

 — AS. Anglo-Saxon — Go. Gothic (meaning ancient Scan- 

 dinavian) MG. Moefo-Gothic— R. PvufFian— P. Polifh — 

 B. Bohemian^F. French — It. Italian — Sp. Spanifh — Po. 

 Portuguefe — W. Welch — C. Cornifli — A. Armoric — Ca. 

 Cantabrian — Ir. Irifh — F. Finnic — La. Lapponic — Hu. 

 Hungarian — T. Turkifh — Pe. Perfian — CM. Calmuck- 

 Mungalian — Ma. Manfuri- Tartars — Ch. Chinefe — Ja. Ja- 

 ponefe — Mai. Malaian — H.-Ch. common to the Hebrew 

 and Chaldaic — Gr. Greek — L. Latin f-obfolete. 



