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Tables of Comparative Philology, shewing specimens of the affinity of 

 the Greek, Latin and English Languages, with the Sanskrit, Per- 

 sian, Russian, Gaelic, Welsh, Lithuanian, German, Hebrew, and 

 Anglo-Saxon. By the Rev. James Long. 



The following Comparative Tables of the Indo-European languages 

 are the result of much labour and research during the last four years. 

 Having myself, when studying the German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish 

 and Portuguese languages, experienced the advantages accruing from 

 giving attention to the affiliation of languages as a guide to the ac- 

 quisition of them, I hope the same principle may be of use in facilitat- 

 ing among Europeans, a knowledge of the Sanskrit and Persian, and 

 also that natives of India might with greater ease familiarise them- 

 selves with the leading European languages. The Bengali and Hindi 

 tongues, as derived chiefly from the Sanskrit, must have a number 

 of words of common origin with the English, which is connected with 

 the Indo-Germanic languages. Steam is now increasing the intercourse 

 between nations very rapidly, and binding the whole human race 

 together as members of one great family, but the diversity of lan- 

 guages is a mighty antagonistic power. Those tables have been 

 compiled with the design of rendering philological studies more 

 interesting, as well as more scientific, and of smoothing the way to 

 an acquaintance with different languages so necessary in the present 

 day for religious, literary, and commercial purposes. 



The rules I have laid down for my guidance in selecting words 

 for those Comparative Tables, are, 



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