New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-16
THE WELSH LANGUAGE.


10 As Editor u 1As y, y. TrtoEHs -,
SIR: Ii would require more space in your valuable
paper than the universal character Of would permit TO
spend on scientific researches into matters Of historical
and pathological detail. in order answer fully the
Ouery for Scholars of the PhiloOgst' in The TrIb-
une of last Thursday shall try however to satisfy his
induisitiyeness by the following statements:
Both branches Of the large Celtic stock If languages
viz: the Welsh ssd h yarO (CImbrtaR) with the dialect
on the French side the Channel the ArDy clR and the
Gallo branch IN Ireland, ETs in scotland andi the Isle
OF Man hsbI) are beyond sny doubt related 20 each
other their apparent difference existing only TO those WHO
acquainted Nth the laws OF their syste OF sounds
and the structure of these tongues Prich,rd IN hs Elsra
origin ef The Cetie Nations rad already proved their
affinity and the recent researches OF Di-fvnbach
LOe ZeLs Bopp and Grimm have removed IN opinion,
even the slightest doubt neresbOut As the
The sky seem 10 the unnitat-d eye to be all confusion
and ncohefence which - tie astronomer admirable
regularity order and harmony the differences of au-
gusges akin 10 each Other dssoyng before the psne
taing eye Of the phslogist into accordance and con-
iormiiy.
Considered in this light the Welsh il drawing far nearer
10 the Gallo than to either the German Anglo sIOn;
for as to the roots the whole and nOlogy
both there is scarcely wider difference bet them
than between the Comic and tie Anglo saxon the old
High German aud the lsAndic But even grAntiag the
ference To- be greater may be explained by the sdppo
sl that the Celtic races Belonging o. the large Arsn
Indo European stock started IN 1igr4 At
inu rial time their primitive homes in Celtr1l
Asia Tor the lar Wet Of lOrefOr Europe, then, perhaps
iui emerged from the waves Long before the dswuns
OF hi,toy upon this es OF Eur Pc the first immS grafton
Gin pse Of history upon rs so exhibits t~o branches OF
M family at nations tiFlc in the EXTREMIST West
the British Stands and the o France While
the second immigration comprising very likely tae bulk
Of the hole stOcs is vital force and energy the g. .us
appear bstGeen the eighth and fifth century B C..
ruIg the coast of the Atlantic along the slopes
Of both Pyreuets and the Alps Tar dOsn as Is the
lower Danube
Many centuries, perhaps thousands OF years may have
flowed away n darkness OF history before the second
large migration marched after their iorerunaers ana met
them But the applications Of the diverse branches
Lint II their common descent, FIR C-ts, in thu soft pro-
ru cation Of the Greeks Galatians C.ledOnians, Grls
Gau- Call show he root The Welsh bran p 0ttas
race prefers soften the cultural into therefore
Gualis Walls, Wales The done by the old
Germsns. who applied the sppellA;ion Haldh, g, GA
lus by degrees 10 every foreigner This transfer nation
# tn CULTURAL, very fr quenty in the Welsh is
be with in almost every Lar gusge ot Roman e1iric
ton. Ii has induced "PhhOOg-t % Intimate that the
Welsh may b. the progeny of the old natives OF SPAN
But wherever this peculiarly occurs IN modern spain IS
o.rS.d from the Arabic The instances quoted III the
Query evidently lad THE initial being the 27h
letter Of the ArAtic alphabet Var pronounced nearly Ike
the nh IN Eng i the bed of the river or valley
of the rver and good many proper nouhs ~
Ouadarma Guadsla GuHdsimar, GuAda 'pe, GGAdalaynr
aLo opposite shore Of the Mediterranean as ire
Queuily IS in Spain. ,
very striking fact for illustrating this matter is that
under the ancient bes that peop-o prnvvtl times th5
u. nlpsua Of Italy the difference of language occurred
which is perspcuous the two branches OF the Celtic IAN
gusge The Latin sides with the Gaelic while the lang i@Ss
OF the Oscani aboriginal nation Of ancient lLsY rese
bl,s the Welsh only in roots. but in the preference
gives 10 certain corsonant- in the beginning Of words
The tupposion Of PhiOlogisi 10 the descent Of tie
With from the BtskiAn tribe, WAS prevalent IN fjru7r
tues but snce W Won Humboldt, in his rea1se about
he sborignes Of SPAN proved the aacy OF this opinion
this ques,ion may be- considered TO be decided
Neu port r l., July H. 1853 D J.G."