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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].

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Mongolian dialects, entering a new phase of grammatical life, [64].

Mongolian class of languages, [296].