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8. The Lithuanian, denoted by (Li) ; it is of Sclavonian origin, 

 and is still spoken in Courland and Lithuania. The ancient Prussian 

 is a dialect of it. 



9. The Anglo-Saxon, denoted by (S) ; it was the ancient language 

 of England, and forms the basis of the English tongue. 



10. The Latin, denoted by (L); the French, Spanish, Portuguese, 

 Italian, and part of the English language are derived from it. 



11. The French, denoted by (F) ; on account of its general spread, 

 language is mentioned here. 



12. The Gothic, denoted by (Go). This language was in constant 

 use for probably 1500 years, as the tongue of the rude and widely 

 dispersed tribes that inhabited Thrace and Germany. 



13. The Arabic denoted by (A); few words are inserted, as many 

 were the same as the Persian. 



14. The Greek, expressed by its own character. 



15. The English known by being printed in Italics. 



16. The Sanskrit, 



No word is inserted in those tables which is not cognate with the 

 Sanskrit, which is used as the common centre for all ; hence many words, 

 which are cognate with the Sanskrit, but not with either the Latin, 

 Greek or English, are omitted. The field is wide, every year will 

 add to the discoveries and improvements made in the science of Com- 

 parative Philology. The old system of etymological investigation, 

 which limited the field of observation to one or two languages, is now 

 abandoned. The discovery of the Sanskrit language has quite altered 

 the mode and form of etymological researches. These tables collect 

 in alphabetical order, (so as to facilitate reference,) what is scattered 

 in many scarce and expensive works. I hope they may tend to 

 make philological studies an exercise of the reasoning powers, and not 

 a mere effort of memory. Comparative Philology might form a useful 

 branch of study in seminaries of learning. It serves to produce a 

 deep impression on the mind in favour of the great truth, — that man- 

 kind were originally one. The figures appended to some words indi- 

 cate the number of words of similar origin in the same language; the 

 third column gives the meaning of the Sanskrit. 



Calcutta, November 1, 1843. 



