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  LINGUISTIC 
  MAP. 
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  them 
  apart 
  until 
  more 
  material 
  shall 
  have 
  ■accumulated 
  and 
  proof 
  

   of 
  a 
  more 
  convincing 
  character 
  shall 
  have 
  been 
  brought 
  forward. 
  

   While 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  families 
  indicated 
  on 
  the 
  map 
  may 
  in 
  future 
  be 
  

   united 
  to 
  other 
  families, 
  and 
  the 
  number 
  thus 
  be 
  reduced, 
  there 
  

   seems 
  to 
  be 
  no 
  ground 
  for 
  the 
  belief 
  that 
  the 
  total 
  of 
  the 
  linguistic 
  

   families 
  of 
  this 
  country 
  will 
  be 
  materially 
  diminished, 
  at 
  least 
  under 
  

   the 
  present 
  methods 
  of 
  linguistic 
  analysis, 
  for 
  there 
  is 
  little 
  reason 
  

   to 
  doubt 
  that, 
  as 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  investigation 
  in 
  the 
  field, 
  there 
  will 
  

   be 
  discovered 
  tribes 
  speaking 
  languages 
  not 
  classifiable 
  under 
  any 
  of 
  

   the 
  present 
  families; 
  thus 
  the 
  decrease 
  in 
  the 
  total 
  by 
  reason 
  of 
  con- 
  

   solidation 
  may 
  be 
  compensated 
  by 
  a 
  corresponding 
  increase 
  through 
  

   discovery. 
  It 
  may 
  even 
  be 
  possible 
  that 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  similarities 
  

   used 
  in 
  combining 
  languages 
  into 
  families 
  may, 
  on 
  further 
  study, 
  

   prove 
  to 
  be 
  adventitious, 
  and 
  the 
  number 
  may 
  be 
  increased 
  thereby. 
  

   To 
  which 
  side 
  the 
  numerical 
  balance 
  will 
  fall 
  remains 
  for 
  the 
  future 
  

   to 
  decide. 
  

  

  As 
  stated 
  above, 
  all 
  the 
  families 
  occupy 
  the 
  same 
  basis 
  of 
  dissim- 
  

   ilarity 
  from 
  one 
  another 
  — 
  i. 
  e.,none 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  related 
  — 
  and 
  conse- 
  

   quently 
  no 
  two 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  either 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  alike 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  

   two, 
  except 
  in 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  mere 
  coincidences 
  and 
  borrowed 
  material 
  

   may 
  be 
  said 
  to 
  constitute 
  likeness 
  and 
  relationship. 
  Coincidences 
  

   in 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  superficial 
  word 
  resemblances 
  are 
  common 
  in 
  all 
  

   languages 
  of 
  the 
  world 
  . 
  No 
  matter 
  how 
  widely 
  separated 
  geograph- 
  

   ically 
  two 
  families 
  of 
  languages 
  may 
  be, 
  no 
  matter 
  how 
  unlike 
  their 
  

   vocabularies, 
  how 
  distinct 
  their 
  origin, 
  some 
  words 
  may 
  always 
  be 
  

   found 
  which 
  appear 
  upon 
  superficial 
  examination 
  to 
  indicate 
  rela- 
  

   ti( 
  mship. 
  There 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  single 
  Indian 
  linguistic 
  family, 
  for 
  instance, 
  

   which 
  does 
  not 
  contain 
  words 
  similar 
  in 
  sound, 
  and 
  more 
  rarely 
  sim- 
  

   ilar 
  in 
  1 
  Kith 
  si 
  mud 
  and 
  meaning, 
  to 
  words 
  in 
  English, 
  Chinese, 
  Hebrew, 
  

   and 
  other 
  languages. 
  Not 
  only 
  do 
  such 
  resemblances 
  exist, 
  but 
  

   they 
  have 
  been 
  discovered 
  and 
  pointed 
  out, 
  not 
  as 
  mere 
  adventitious 
  

   similarities, 
  but 
  as 
  proof 
  of 
  genetic 
  relationship. 
  Borrowed 
  lin- 
  

   guistic 
  material 
  also 
  appears 
  in 
  every 
  family, 
  tempting 
  the 
  unwary 
  

   investigator 
  into 
  making 
  false 
  analogies 
  and 
  drawing 
  erroneous 
  con- 
  

   clusions. 
  Neither 
  coincidences 
  nor 
  borrowed 
  material, 
  however, 
  can 
  

   be 
  properly 
  regarded 
  as 
  evidence 
  of 
  cognation. 
  

  

  While 
  occupying 
  the 
  same 
  plane 
  of 
  genetic 
  dissimilarity, 
  the 
  fami- 
  

   lies 
  are 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  alike 
  as 
  regards 
  either 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  territory 
  oc- 
  

   cupied, 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  tribes 
  grouped 
  under 
  them 
  respectively, 
  or 
  the 
  

   number 
  of 
  languages 
  and 
  dialects 
  of 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  composed. 
  

   Some 
  of 
  them 
  cover 
  wide 
  areas, 
  whose 
  dimensions 
  are 
  stated 
  in 
  

   terms 
  of 
  latitude 
  and 
  longitude 
  rather 
  than 
  by 
  miles. 
  Others 
  occupy 
  

   so 
  little 
  space 
  that 
  the 
  colors 
  representing 
  them 
  are 
  hardly 
  discern- 
  

   ible 
  upon 
  the 
  map. 
  Some 
  of 
  them 
  contain 
  but 
  a 
  single 
  tribe; 
  others 
  

   are 
  represented 
  by 
  scores 
  of 
  tribes. 
  In 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  a 
  few, 
  the 
  term 
  

   " 
  family 
  *' 
  is 
  commensurate 
  with 
  language, 
  since 
  there 
  is 
  but 
  one 
  

  

  