“Zeal.” Kharra (Basque), C'H.r.a (Chaldoe), C'H.r.e (Hebrew.)
“Morning.” Bora (Welsh), Biar (Basque.)
“To shine very brightly.” B.c.r (Arabic.)
Plan Of This Investigation. Lord Bacon's Principles Applicable To Inquiries Into The Origin And Changes Of Human Languages.
The fanciful theories in which even some of the most distinguished writers have deemed themselves at liberty to indulge, when they have entered upon the field of Philological research, have naturally tended to create, among men of calm and dispassionate minds, a general distrust in the results of all inquiries into the origin and early history of human languages. But it must be obvious that the errors into which the first inquirers on this—as on every other—subject have been betrayed is not a fair test of the attention due to Philological investigations. In this, as in every branch of human knowledge, the authenticity of the results must be tested solely with reference to the principles appealed to, and the weight, amount, and consistency of the evidence adduced. In this, as in every other branch of knowledge, the value of those results must depend solely on the interest and importance of the truths which such results may involve.
In the following pages are developed proofs of two leading propositions, viz.:
1. That the languages of the continents of Asia, Europe, Africa, and America, were originally the same.