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1. Traces of an Ethnic Connection between the Basin of the Ganges and the Indian Archipelago, before the Advance of the Hindus into India; and a Comparison of the Languages of the Indo-Pacific Islanders with the Tibeto-Indian, Tibeto-Burmese, Telugu-Tamulian, Tartar-Japanese, and American Languages

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2015

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Abstract

Several lengthy extracts were read, to illustrate, first, the relation which the author's historical views bear to those of previous inquirers in the same field; and, secondly, the theory, on the origin and progress of language, upon which his arguments are mainly rested.

Type
Proceedings 1850-51
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1857

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