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E. For several unplaced languages 
1. Gwinza; 400 words. 
2. Souro: 19 words. 
S. Dokko: 29 words. 
4. Yarabo: 30 words. 
5. Game: 10words. 
6. Barea; 10 words. 
Noiv, of these, almost all are Abyssinian; so that if the “ 
different from those enumerated as the names are, 
tions to the present list. It U, however, Dr.Bokes opinion that theduuw 
and separate languages of Abyssinia have all been Miumerate • 
adds that D'Abbadie’s Sidama is his own Kaffa. 
„ Dawrooa „ „ Woratta. 
j, Yainniu „ .> Yangaro. 
„ Walamo .. „ Wolaitsa. 
XXIV. Tlic Captie. Lunguage^ht langtmge of Egypt . 
Arabic .—The detniU of the Coptic language have been consnieraim 
since the jiubru'ation of tlie Mithridates. The notice however ? , . 
point of historical iind scholastic criticism. Our present kuowle g‘- 
Coptic of Egypt is, for ethnological purposes, *n hindy the same as m J 
1817 
The general character and extent of the Coptic literature, 
the introduction of Christianity into Egypt, and subsequent ^ f 
tion of the Greek alphabet to the Coptic languages, was known bo 
and Adoluug. .. . c i ;*ii« ud 
So also were the three Coptic dialects, the Mempbidc, > 
the 8o-CiilU‘d Boslnnuric. A,ilin2a5^ 
The rt'searclies into the Hieroglyphics were not known to Ade 
were they a part of his subject, except so far as the older -giif 
Egyptian language might supply routs and forma which were wan g 
more recent Coptic. t arc 
The language.4 in contact with the present boundaries of 
Berber and Tibbuo on the west, tlio Nubian on the south, the ‘ • j„ 
the soutli-east, and the Arabic on the north*east. There is 
8U]ipose that these pliilnlopical boiuidaries Averc ever piaterial . widi 
Ibe Coptic has gpiierally been considered as a language w . j^. 
African affinities. Uuasons for breaking down the distinction 
plied will be found below. • 
Its affinities with the languages spoken out of Africa is a 
ethnography of Asia. At present it is sufficient to notice three i 
affinities. 
1. One Avitli tiu-Indo-European languages, byLepsius. 
2. One with languages of northern Asia, by Klaproth. npufi*vi“‘-' 
3. One with the Semitic languatres, bv several scholars; by b 
especiall)'. . 
XXV. 77ifi Berber group of Langtuiges. —All tliatis ' 
kingdom of Morocco, all that is not Arabic in the french P^'^, 
Algeria, and all that is not Arabic in Tunis, Tripoli and 
The language also of the ancient Cyrenaica, indeed of the w o. ^ 
bordeviug the Mediterranean, between Tripoli and Egypt, is be 
extinct language of the Canary Isles was Berber; and, finally, tu 
of the Sahara is Berber. , 
The Berber languages in their present geographic^ 1*^ , , 
tially inland languages. As a general rule, the Arabic is th® >’ 
the Avliole of the sea-coast, from the Delta of the Nile to c^jjggjl. 
Gibraltar, and from the Straits of Gibraltar to the mouth or tlie 
