Leibniz, the first to conquer the prejudice that Hebrew was the primitive language of mankind, 135.
and the first to apply the principle of inductive reasoning to the subject of language, 135.
his letter to Peter the Great, quoted, 136.
his labors in the science of language, 137.
his various studies, 138.
on the formation of thought and language, quoted, 373.
Lesbos, dialects of the island of, 59.
Lettic language, the, 199.
Lewis, Sir Cornewall, his criticisms on the theory of Raynouard, 171.
Linnæus, his system, although imperfect, important to science, 26.
Literary languages, origin of, 65.
inevitable decay of, 68.
Lithuanian language, the, 199.
the oldest document in, 199.
Livius Andronicus, 104.
his translation of the Odyssey into Latin verse, 104.
Livonians, dialect of the, 318.
Locative, formation of the, in all the Aryan languages, 219.
in Chinese, 119 note, 218.
in Latin, 220.
Locke, John, on language as the barrier between man and brutes, quoted, 24.
on universal ideas, quoted, 356.
his opinion on the origin of language, 40.
Lord, origin of the word, 122.
Lord's Prayer, number of languages in which it was published by various authors in the 16th century, 131 note.
Lucilius, his book on the reform of Latin orthography, 109.
Lucina, a name of the moon, 21.
Luna, origin of the name, 21.
Lusatia, language of, 200.
Lycurgus, his travels mythical, 94.
Macedonians, ancient authors on the, 125 note.
Madam, origin of word, 226.
Mago, the Carthaginian, his book on agriculture in Punic, 94 note.
Man, ancient words for, 381.
Man and brutes, faculties of, 349.
difference between man and brutes, 354.
Mandshu tribes, speaking a Tungusic language, 296.
grammar of, 323.
imitative sounds in, 366 note.
Manetho, his study and cultivation of the Greek language, 95.
his work on Egypt, 95.
his knowledge of hieroglyphics, 95.
Manka, the Indian, his translations from Sanskrit into Persian, 149.
Masora, idiom in which it was written, 277.
Maulána Izzu-d-din Khalid Khani, his translations from Sanskrit into Persian, 150.
Même, origin of the French word, 57.
Menander, his study and cultivation of the Greek language, 95.
his work on Phenicia, 95.
Mendaïtes, or Nasoreans, the “Book of Adam” of the, 279.
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Ment, origin of the termination in French adverbs, 55.
Mescheräks, tribe of the, their present settlements, 304.
Milton, John, number of words used by, in his works, 267.
Ming-ti, the Emperor of China, allows the introduction of Buddhism into his empire, 147.
sends officials to India to study the doctrines of Buddha, 148.
Missionaries, their importance in elucidating the problem of the dialectical life of language, 62.
Moallakat, or “suspended poems,” of the Arabs, 281.
Moffat, Rev. Robert, on the dialects of Southern Africa, 64.
Monboddo, Lord, on language as the barrier between man and brutes, quoted, 24.
his “Ancient Metaphysics” quoted, 160 and note.
Mongolian dialects, entering a new phase of grammatical life, 64.
Mongolian class of languages, 296.
grammar of, 323.
Mongols, their original seat, 296.
three classes of them, 296.
their conquests, 297.
dissolution of the empire, 299.
their present state, 300.
their language, 300.
Moon, antiquity of the word, 16.
Moravia, devastated by the Mongols, 299.
Mortal, origin of the word, 382.
Much and Very, distinction between, 48.
Muhammed ben Musa, his translation of the Indian treatise on algebra into Arabic, 149.
Mythology, real nature of, 21, 237.
Nabateans, the, supposed to have been descendants of the Babylonians and Chaldeans, 279.
the work of Kuthami on “Nabatean Agriculture,” 280.
National languages, origin of, 64.
Nature, immutability of, in all her works, 42.
Dr. Whewell quoted, 42.
Nebuchadnezzar, his name stamped on all the bricks made during his reign, 283.
Neo-Latin dialects, 196.
Νεμέτζιοι, the, of Constantinus Porphyrogeneta, 91 note.
Nestorians of Syria, forms and present condition of their language, 276, note.
Nicopolis, battle of, 307.
No and nay, as used by Chaucer, 225.
Nobili, Roberto de, 155.
his study of Sanskrit, 155.
Nogái tribes, history of the, 303.
Nomad languages, 290.
indispensable requirements of a nomad language, 292.
wealth of, 71.
nomadic tribes and their wars, 315.
their languages, 316.
Nominalism and Realism, controversy between, in the Middle Ages, 22.
Norman words in the English language, proportion of, to Saxon words, 84.
Norway, poetry of, 192.
the hliod or quida,193.
the two Eddas, 191-194.
Norwegian language, stagnation of the, 70.
Number of known languages, 35.
Obsolete words and senses since the translation of the Bible in 1611, 45.
Onomatopoieia, theory of, 358.
Ophir of the Bible, 203.
Origen, his opinion that Hebrew was the primitive language of mankind, 132.
Origin of language, consideration of the problem of the common, 326 et seq.
Ormuzd, the god of the Zoroastrians, mentioned by Plato, 207.
discovery of the name Auramazda in the cuneiform inscriptions, 207.
origin of the name Auramazda or Ormuzd, 207.
Os, the, of Ossethi, calling themselves Iron, 243.
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Oscan language and literature, the 196.
Osmanli language, the, 301, 306.
Ostiakes, dialects of the, 63.
Owl-glass, stories of, 260.
Pâli, once the popular dialect of Behar, 146.
Panætius, the Stoic philosopher at Rome, 107.
Pânini, Sanskrit grammar of, 116.
Pantomime, the, and the King, story of, 368.
Paolino de San Bartolomeo, Fra, first Sanskrit grammar published by, 142, 158.
Paradise, languages supposed by various authors to have been spoken in, 135, 136.
Parsi, period when it was spoken in Persia, 210.
Parsis, or fire-worshippers, the ancient, 205.
their prosperous colony in Bombay, 205.
their various emigrations, 205 note.
their ancient language, 205, 210.
Pascatir race, the, 320.
Pater, origin of the Latin word, 57.
Pay, to, origin of the word, 124,
Pedro, Padre, the missionary at Calicut, 154.
Pehlevi, or Huzvaresh language, 210.
Pelasgi, Herodotus on the, 125 note.
Dionysius of Halicarnassus on the, 125 note.
Percussion, etymology of, 53.
Perion, his work on language, 131 note.
Permian tribes and language, 320.
Permic branch of the Finnic class of languages, 319.
the name of Perm, 319.
the Permic tribes, 320.
Persia, origin of the Turkman, or Kisilbash of, 302.
Persian language, 83.
influence of the, over the Turkish language, 83.
the ancient Persian language. See Zend, Zend-avesta.