AETICLE III. 



ON TIIH COMPARATIVE ETYMOLOGY OF THE YORUliA LANOHAdH 



B V PI [ N V V,.\ R I, E II A S E 



Bead September 18, 1863. 



L I 8 T F AUTHOR I T 1 E S . 



Bowen, T. ,) . Grammar and Dictionary of the 5Toruba Language. 



Bunse.v, 0. J. Egypt's Place in Universal History. Ed. 18-18. 



ITayden, h\ V. Contributions to the Ethnography and Philology of the Indian Tribes of the Missouri Valley 



Marsh, George P. Notes and Additions to Wedgewood's Dictionary. 



Morrison, li,., Dictionary of the Chinese Language. 



Muller, Max. Leotures <>n the Science of Language. First Amor. Ed. 



PrIOHAHD, Dr. J. C. Natural History of Man. 3d London Ed. 



RrGGS, S. R. Grammar and Dictionary of the Dakota Language. 



Tooke, Horne. Diversions of Purley. 



Wedgewood, Hensleigh. Dictionary of English Etymology. 1st Amer. Ed, Vol.1. 



A B I! R E V 1 A T I N S. 



A. Arabic. 

 Arm. ArmoriOi 

 A. S. Anglo-Saxon. 

 Bl. Blaokfoot. 



C. Chinese. 

 Co. Coptic. 

 Cr. Crow. 

 I). Dakota. 

 Dn, Danish. 



Du. Dutch. 

 Eg. Egyptian. 

 Eng. English. 

 P. French. 

 Fi. Finnish. 

 G. German. 

 Ga. Gaelic. 

 Go. Gothic 



Gr. Greek. 

 11. Hebrew. 



1. Italian. 



to. Icelandic 



1.0. 1 ndo ( J-ermanic 



lr. Irish . 

 L. Latin. 

 P. Pawnee. 



S. Sanscrit. 

 Sc. Scotch. 

 Sh. Shyenne. 

 Sp. Spanish. 

 Sw. Swedish. 

 T. Turkish. 

 W. Welsh. 

 Y. Yoruba. 



1. If the rea aing 



is correct, by which I have attempted to demonstrate the improba- 

 bility of accidental resemblances in language, our next question will naturally be, what 

 are the probable causes of the resemblances that we find actually existing between dialects 

 the most, widely separated, spoken by nations between whom there has been no historical 

 intercourse '. 



2. Various hypotheses have been framed in answer to this inquiry, but as none of them, 

 are so general and satisfactory as that of family affinity, they are deserving, merely as 

 hypotheses, of but little consideration. Even granting them all the importance that their 



