The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-08-31

were the Professor said even more certainly relss
while language II empo, cd on this continent As an chino
logical test would frequently seem TO reduce to nearly
Homogeneous race the Anglo Saxon, German, Cet Span
unimpaired. He therefore urged the &C mutation Of
facts ard the Increased attention ar ethnologis this
aspect OF the subject while he hasty general
izatons and crude fancru theories relative the initial
stages or ethnc Development premature Ill timed
calculated 70 reard rather than TO ADVANCE the science
Ibis communication gave rise TO q lively discusson
Professor Agassz Professor Dawson OF Montreal Profess
sor Anderson Of Rochester and Others taking part in
II, which continued TILL the hour Of adjournment.
REPORT ON TIKI PRESENT or OUR KsowiEpGE
GUsrio ETHSoLoGY BY PROF. s. I. HAIDxNAN.
The report restricted to the phases OF speech which,
although less EXTENSIVE than the grammatical etymo.
logical portions Of language have not attracted much at
tention until recent period. In former paper the
thor had stated that English orthoeps known to him
in the English word ''when and il syllable OF such
apparent simplicity presents difficulty how much more
phenomena, or which the mechanism is hidden 10 the
depths OF the throatp
In most clinical alphabets down to that OF Professor
epsius the last element Of the dphongs represented
by vowel haracter-a fundamental error based upon
the crude ana sis Of the ancens Tho second element
OF dipthong Isl by its quality and effect conso-
nant that IN round" being 10 aud not co. and that in
aisle y and not e. as explained in Haldeman's Latin
PRONUNCIATION, Philadelphia, 1851
The usual vowes or but few foreign languages are pro.
perly understood Ger man and English observers FIRE.
quenty oonsundng them with their own nasal conso-
nant ng. lns CONFUSION runs through Riggs Dacota
Dictionary the result Of eighteen years study by
ear and still be unworthy of credit Knowles Eng
lsh photographer, claims to be 'gited With good ear
tons Independently of the errors Of obserya.
ton some writers have practice referring the sounds
they meet win 70 those Of other languages which they
know from description alone.
The alphabets used by various authors will give cool
idea Of the state Of our knowledge this department
cept that they will not always enable US to establish
between der
Sprache the Essentials of Phonetics Of A. j. Ellis A.
London 1848 may be placed as conscientious and yau
able contribution to the general subject notation
OF the vowes canns BIO adopted the extent
TO which new powers have been assigned to the old and
universally recognised characters.
Castren's Grammatk der Samoedschen Sprachen (St.
Petersburg 1884, contains careful analysis the
common, and affect y n, d and (Engish) g They
are marked by curved line through the stem ION the
right Of and d. an awkward notation, requiring too
many distinct types. Ellis use OF deprived OF the up
per and lower dots IL unexceptionableke the of
for Csstren assigns peculiar (worked by dot be-
low to Ostiac and the peculiar Russian vowel to Sa
moedc. In the Roman alphabet the latter might be re
presented by an inverted 4.
Castren describes kind Of lsped which deserves to
be compared with the peculiar Irish sound which the
present reporter considers the analogue of the
Welsh H. Castren mentions sound between and r. and
one between and a perhaps Greek phi; or an some
Bohtlngk (Ubr die SpracLs der Jauen ST. Petersburg
1871 mentions nasal Of the German J, sound which
sunsc, (Shanyitsh) nlyrian, in 1884, and Pokukar
PROBABLY an lyrian Also have published aphabets but
their power OF analysis different.
The distinguished scholar Lepsius published " Stand
ard Alphabet at Berlin and London. With knowledge
Of many languages he exhibits an inability to appreciate
the phases OF speech for example, he represents the
English vowel In fdt by with line beneath because he
considers II khe short sound OF the French in ms NJ
He says that In pronouncng adna dnia the combna
on OF the two consonats each to cut of half OF Its
fellow SO that were placed between two consonants,
both halves would be lost endless trends lend not
and IN the German names Heisd Zarb Birk Distssch,
&c.
Ttn
thoughtessly adopted by various missionary societies
Notwithstanding its fundamental OF analyst. and
notation the later being in due the
In bis powers OF analysis he is not to be compared with
Ellis HIS alphabet is not philosophical although pro-
iessedly founded ON physiological basis, and its adop
ton will tend retard pathological science as far as it
can be retarded by sereotyped forms based upon false
views and rules OF notation which scarcely be
terpreted alike by any two observers who may have
casion TO apply them.