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The firß Mother-Tonguer,

Book Il.'

Iri/h to have had its original. As for the ‘Ваш Tongue, that is original ly no other but the Aßatic Tartar , mixed with Armenian and Per/tlm, fome Greek , and much Arabie. 3. The Hungarianmfed in the greateft part of that Kingdom. 4. The Finnic, ufed in Finland and Lapland. 5. The Cantabria», ufed amonglt the Bifeainerr , who live near the

Ocean on the Pyrene hills, bordering both upon France and Spain. 6. The Irijb,ìn Ireland, and from thence brought over into fome parts

of Scotland.

Though Mr. Сашей’: would have this to be a derivation

from the Wel/h. 7. The old Gault/7J or Britt/h, which is yet preferved in „На, (‘т-„ wall, and Britain in France. Enquiries , chap. 4.

'I 0 this number Mr. Brerevoad doth add four others, vin.

1. The Arabie, now ufed in the fteep mountains of Granata; which yet is a Dialeâ' from the Hebrew, and not a Mother- tongue.

2. The Самым, in Eaß-Frijêland. 3. The Idyrian, in the lÍle of Veggt'a. 4. The ‘,ïazjgian, on the North lide of Hungary.

д. 1v.

Befides this difference of Languages in their firû derivation , every

particular Tongue hath its feveral Dìaleéls. Though файл werea re~ gìon of а Very narrow compals, yet was it not without its varieties ofthia

kind : witneß the flory concerning'Shihbo/eth and Sz'bboletbg and that ' judges 1a. udge 8. .

of the шип, who was difcovered by his manner of fpeech5 and S. Pe ter’s being known fora Сидит. ’Tis fo generally in other Countries,

lnerfleâ.. and particularly with us in England,

where the Northern and Welter-n

inhabitants do obferve a different dialect from other parts of the Nati. on,as may appear from that particular inltanee mentioned by Verßegan Whereas the inhabitants about London would lay, Iwould eat more cheefe

if I had it. A Northern man would (peak it thus, Ay Ли! eat mare

cheqß gyn ay had et. ­ And a Wellern man thus , Chad eat more cheejè an chad it. — Every one of thefe reputed Mother- tongues,except the Arabie, (and perhaps the Hungarian) was ufed in Europe during the time of the Ка та’: Empire. But whether they were all of them fo ancient as the Con

fufion of Babel, doth not appear 5 there wa‘nts not good probability to the contrary for fome of them. Georg'. Homin' Epilhin Ви

‚та?!Ori gi ­ nes Gallic.

It hath been the opinion of fome , particularly Boxhornina , that the Займи Tongue was the common mother from which both the Greek, L atinßcmran and Per/ian were derived,as fo many Dialeär 5 `ащ:1 'tis laid

that Salrnajîur did incline to the fame judgment.

And Philip (Iuvera'w

conjetftures, that both Gernzanr, Gault, Spaniardr, Britanr, Swede: and

Пишут, did anciently ufe one and the fame Language. One princi pal argument ufecl for this is , the agreement ­of Шок: remote Nationsin fome radical words. ‚фр!‘ Sea/iger obferves that the words , Father, Mother, Brother, Band, Ste. are ufed in the Per/ian tongue, with fome lit tle variety, in the lame fenfe and hgnilication as they are ufed with us. ’ And Baa/requin: relates , that the inhabitants of Tanrica Cherjânejiu have шары! ' divers Words in the fame fenfc common with us, as Wine, Silver, Corn,

salt, Faß), Apple, ôte. But this might be merely сайт, ог elfe occalioned

by a mixture of Colonies, and will not argue a derivation of one from another.