'Observations on Language, 



tins change of mere writing be carried through a lan- 

 guage ; and it will become a new one at once. 



It would be a curious, and not uninstructive, employ- 

 ment, to trace the progress of words through the various 

 dejiectlms, produced by changes in the m^de of writing 

 merely ; and that in cases, where the original is all along 

 perfectly known. I have no sufficient means of extend- 

 ing this kind of research far. The few following instan- 

 ces, may not, however, be without their use. 



Examples of the different modes, in which the folio v^dng 

 words in the Hebrew language Tvere written in kin- 

 dred dialects. 



Dlaltctz, 

 Hebrew, 

 Rabinicalj 

 Chaldaic, 

 Sarcaritan, 

 Syriac, 

 Arabic, 



Vulgar Arabic, 

 Malay, ") 

 Bengalee, ^ 

 Ethiopic, 

 Amharic, 

 Shilhic, 

 Rhaetic, 

 Sardic. 

 Charaibic, 



Examples of such words, derived from the Greek and 



Latin. 

 Heaven. 



'Faihcr, 

 Ab. 

 Av. 

 Abba. 

 Ab. 

 Aboh. 

 Aba. 

 Abu. 



Bappa. 



Abi. 



Aba. 



Baba. 



Bap, Pap 



Babbu. 



Baba. 



Heaven. 

 Schamaim. 

 Idem. 

 Scbmaja. 

 Schamaim. 

 Schmajo. 

 Ssemavali. 

 Ssamvat. 



Samai. 

 Ssamai. 



Earth. 



Arez. 



Aretz. 



Ara. 



Aretz. 



Arho. 



Ardhi. 



Ardh. 



!Myrc]rai. 

 Myrdrm. 



Bread. 

 Lechem- 

 Idem. 

 Labkma. 

 Lechem. 

 Lachmo- 



Greek, 



Latin, 



French, 



Italian, 



Sardian, 



Spanish, 



Catalonian, 



Portuguese, 



Scotch, 

 English, 

 Runic, 



Father, 



Pater. 



Pere. 



Padre, 



Pare. 



Padre, 



Pare. 

 (Pae, 

 iPay. 



Father. 



Father. 



Fader. 



Earth. 



Bread. 



Ccelum. 



Ciel. 



Ciclo 



Quelo, 



Cielo 



Cel. 



Ceo. 



