Index.

Abdu-l-Kadir Maluk, Mulla, Shah of Badáún, his general history of India, and other works, 151 note.
Abhîra, or Âbhîra, at the mouth of the Indus, 204.
Abiria, the, of Ptolemy, 204.
Ablative, the, in Chinese, 119 note.
Abraham, the language of, 278.
Abu Saleh, his translation from Sanskrit into Arabic, 150.
Abyssinian language, ancient and modern, 281.
Academy, New, doctrines of the, embraced in Rome, 107.
Accusative, formation of the, in Chinese, 118 note.
Achæmenian dynasty, inscriptions of the, 210.
Adelung, his Mithridates, 142.
Adjectives, formation of, in Tibetan, 113 note.
in Chinese, 119 note.
Ælius Stilo, Lucius, his lectures in Rome, on Latin grammar, 109.
Affinity, indications of true, in the animal and vegetable world, 26, 27.
Afghanistan, the language of, 210.
Africa, South, dialects of, 64.
African language, an imaginary, 223.
Âge, history of the French word, 292.
Agglutination in the Turanian family of languages, 291.
Aglossoi, the, of the Greeks, 92.
Agriculture of the Chaldeans, work on the, 279.
Punic work of Mago on, 94 note.
Ahirs, the, of Cutch, 204.
Akbar, the Emperor, his search after the true religion, 151.
Akbar, his foundation of the so-called Ilahi religion, 151.
works translated into Persian for him, 151.
not able to obtain a translation of the Veda, 152.
Albania, origin of the name, 242.
Albanian language, origin of the, 201.
Albertus Magnus, on the humanizing influence of Christianity, quoted, 129 note.
Alchemy, causes of the extinction of the science, 19.
Alexander the Great, influence of his expedition in giving the Greeks a knowledge of other nations and languages, 93.
his difficulty in conversing with the Brahmans, 93.
Alexandria, influence of, on the study of foreign languages, 96.
critical study of ancient Greek at, 97.
Algebra, translation of the famous Indian work on, into Arabic, 149.
Algonquins, the one case of the, 221 note.
America, Central, rapid changes which take place in the language of the savage tribes of, 62.
great number of languages spoken by the natives of, 62.
Hervas's reduction of them to eleven families, 63.
Amharic, or modern Abyssinian, 281.
Anatomy, comparative, science of, 27.
Anglo-Saxon, the most ancient epic in, 177.
Angora, in Galatia, battle of, 308.
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Anquetil Duperron, his translation of the Persian translation of the Upanishads into French, 154.
his translation of the works of Zoroaster, 168, 206.
Apollo, temple of, at Rome, 102.
AR, the root, various ramifications of, 252.
Arabic, influence of, over the Turkish language, 83.
ascendency of, in Palestine and Syria, 281.
original seat of Arabic, 281.
ancient Himyaritic inscriptions, 281.
earliest literary documents in Arabic, 281.
relation of Arabic to Hebrew, 281.
Aramaic division of Semitic languages, 276.
two dialects of, 276.
Ariana, the, of Greek geographers, 240.
Ariaramnēs, father of Darius, origin of the name, 241.
Aristotle on grammatical categories, 97, 126.
Armenia, origin of the name, 242.
Arpinum, provincial Latin of, 67.
Article, the, original meaning of the word, 98.
the Greek, restored by Zenodotus, 99.
Ârya. See Aryan.
Ârya-âvarta, India so called, 237.
Aryan, an Indo-European family of languages, 43, 80, 177.
mode of tracing back the grammatical fragments of the Aryan languages to original independent words, 231-233.
Aryan grammar, 234.
northern and southern divisions of the, 211.
the original Aryan clan of Central Asia, 212.
period when this clan broke up, 212.
formation of the locative in all the Aryan languages, 219.
Aryan civilization proved by the evidence of language, 235.
origin and gradual spreading of the word Arya, 236.
original seat of the Aryans, 238.
the Aryan and Semitic the only families of speech deserving that title, 282.
genealogical table, 394, 395.
Asia Minor, origin of the Turks of, 306.
Asiatic Society, foundation of the, at Calcutta, 158.
Aśoka, King, his rock inscriptions, 146.
Assyria, various forms of the name, 247.
Astrology, causes of the extinction of the science, 19.
Astronomy, origin of the word, 16.
the Ptolemæan system, although wrong, important to science, 26.
Auramazda, of the cuneiform inscriptions, 207. See Ormuzd.
Auxentius on Ulfilas, 181-186 note.
Baber, his Indian empire, 299.
Babylonia, literature of, 278.
probability of the recovery of, from the cuneiform inscriptions, 278.
Barabas tribe, in the steppes between the Irtish and the Ob, 304.
Barbarians, the, of the Greeks, 91.
seemed to have possessed greater facility for acquiring languages than either Greeks or Romans, 94.
the term Barbarian as used by the Greeks and Romans, 127.
unfortunate influence of the term, 127.
Bashkirs, race of the, in the Altaic mountains, 303.
Basil, St., his denial that God had created the names of all things, 40 note.
Baziane tribe, in the Caucasus, 303.
Beaver, the, sagacity of, 24.
Behar, Pâli once the popular dialect of, 146.
Beowolf, the ancient English epic of, 177.
Berber, dialects of Northern Africa, origin of the, 282.
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Berners, Juliana, on the expressions proper for certain things, 72.
Berosus, his study and cultivation of the Greek language, 94.
his history of Babylon, 95.
his knowledge of the cuneiform inscriptions, 95.
Bible, number of obsolete words and senses in the English translation of 1611, 45.
Bibliandro, his work on language, 131 note.
Birúni, Abu Rihan al, 150.
his “Taríkhu-l-Hind,” 150.
Bishop and sceptic derived from the same root, 257.
Boëthius, Song of, age of the, 196.
Bohemian, oldest specimens of, 201.
Bonaparte, Prince L., his collection of English dialects, 70.
Booker's “Scripture and Prayer-Book Glossary” referred to, 45.
Books, general destruction of, in China in 213, b. c. 227.
Bopp, Francis, his great work, 166.
results of his “Comparative Grammar,” 234.
Botany, origin of the word, 15.
the Linnæan system, although imperfect, important to science, 26.
Brahman, the highest being, known through speech, 88.
Brahmans, their deification of language, 87.
their early achievements in grammatical analysis, 88.
difficulties of Alexander in conversing with them, 93.
Brâhmanas, the, on language, 87.
Brennus, 199.
Brown, Rev. Mr. on the dialects of the Burmese, 63.
Brutes, faculties of, 351.
instinct and intellect, 353.
language the difference between man and brute, 354.
the old name given to brutes, 379.
Buddhism, date of its introduction into China, 147.
Bulgarian Kingdom on the Danube, 319.
language and literature, 200.
Bulgaric branch of the Finnic class of languages, 319.
Bulgarian tribes and dialects, 319.
Buriates, dialects of the, new phase of grammatical life of the, 64.
Burmese language and literature, 63.
dialects, 63.
Burnouf, Eugène, his studies of Zend, 168, 206.
and of cuneiform inscriptions, 168.