Transcriber’s Note
The following less-common characters are used in this book:
- ā a with macron
- ĕ e with breve
AMERICAN LANGUAGES,
AND WHY WE SHOULD STUDY THEM.
AN ADDRESS
DELIVERED BEFORE THE PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY,
MARCH 9, 1885,
BY
DANIEL G. BRINTON, M.D.,
PROFESSOR OF ETHNOLOGY AND ARCHÆOLOGY AT THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES,
PHILADELPHIA.