, 1879-08-12
THE AYMARA TONGUE
A nrcnt Pathological Discovery.
San FrdnctkcQ diti.

Rudolph Fn.b. German Professor, recently
arrived In San Francisco, after spending tEc
years In South America, and now on his way
back to his natlyo country. authorizes us to aa.
no1uce that he has made discoveries Of great
interest to cthnotogy and pblologY. Wnlcf II
Dullsin he studied the Aymara tongue, which
Wus IN uso before the Spnn!sh Conquest, anda
ulder than the Quichua, which Was spoken BY
the Incas aud their subjects In Peru. 7his
Aymnra language, still spoken by 8,ooo0M
people At tho aboriginal blood, bears IN unmts.
takaba aNH peqE affinity to the Semitic tongue,
in which The radical form Of every verb llas thre'
cor,-onants. The Arabic and the Hebrew afa
the leading languages IN this clasa, anl thc re-
lnlolshlp Of the Aymasa to them ia strong aRd
unqu esttonable throughout.
II this discovery should prove to bo Tca
founded, it will bnge an itntnensa lnlucnce oo
the opinions OF the learned world. Soa,e of tas
most interesting researches OF tue pre.et Sea-
discoveries tint the sanscrlt. nindostanse'
Persian, afghan, Armenian, Caucasian, s'a!.
ontc, I'euton!c. Celtic. Latin, nnd ,6Fett
tongues oil belong 10 the tntecteh glass ot
suel as father, mother, bro;nrr, daushtef'
horse, OK, fire, sun, sky, light, dark, COMO, 70
scr, hear eye, car, hltd, mouth, al,d 50 IN,
haYo similar sounds In these different toHsues;
anl llat ideas Of later oren, connected wig e.!
paper, gun, pistol, und so on, aro different.
ileso discoveries hayo proved that 'hc AEsaa
nations, rs they arc called. all spraug fFuln
common stuck 10 Central ASIA w1sn:c o1t .;
tonaucs, lou % a,l comparing il With lin
oilers, VIC eau tell mEch Of lhe IA.
tclieetual, industrial, pulitica, and Bocal eou.
d!tion OF t,lu early progenItors Of these people,
,ph1ut, rorna frat 1nft thH rnmtnnn stock, anu
| how much progress was made 6etuEe thu seo1fa'
ton. The worl for dau9hted-- differing lltie
| from the English nnd Gorman Wusus-la !ne
| tsanscrit meuns snlKmaid, mud therefore, while
| le ancestors OF tho Germans were still 1ty
with the ancestors Of the l1indoos, ln Ash. sLef
| Ind 'cows. By tho Same nlcthud Of REASONING
VIC know that they had plows;, that they o.!
! religious Ideas and forms of worship; TINT thcl
haa political rulers, military tratnng, 4'ld 30
on. We know, further, that tho people #n9
| speak tic arglutlnattyo languages, tEko sIa9sasa,
Turks, and Tartarst ana the moaosyllabic laa'
t.uages. lLKo tho Chinese, are Of u!uasea.
rhmnr!ans. IIcbrows. aud Arabs-ara c!eaf!il
| ltstjuct froM tlse ngglut!native stock, olI
whether they are to 10 c!assrd NJ belonging T.. ~
tho same blood With the ArYans Is . udcsneaa,
about which phiIoloststs and cthnolos'sts a'
il uow tl,e Aynara IL Semitic tongue, the
| LEARNED world will havo hard task 10 ae. ".
| tcrultne whother Asia or South America waf y
lFlfflltAl 6eaE& AnA Il1W lsE LEAHSsGF Hu9 ta~Ss
without leaving my largo MAS OF It's agtl'a aha
mperlous blood on the long road. Was w.
| hiEh plateau OF Suuth AmeticA tue cradle o. w
| Semitic, as tllat VI Asia WAS tic original 4oms
OF tho Aryan ktutlrodl II VIC understand idoI. 1.
Ealp correctly, he would answer that qaessua.
tn tho Affirmative; unl, II ho establishes tt, aa
point, We do not hesitate to say tat 10 WI
take place aMung the greatest l,acoYcre's ana
Bttmulntors Of though; and research 10 eur M
OF unparalleled unu unappFoactled tntel'setu.s, ",
a:ltylty. It,ere may Do no money ~ u, w. ~.
thuIe fR IN 1n,tncusy educating alu refining ~
| tluuuee In trar nv back tnu history VI mah
through the different steps ot hts natural p5o;k. !"
ress frum the lowest condition OF sayagtsn ~ ~
the Stems Age, before he had yet 1cataea -. =.
make metallic tools, 70 his present enllsMs"
! nlent. "A, k.,t
Fnur miles south Of Lake T!ticaca, 19,o tsss
about tho aea, In Hollyla, IL the ruin ol AYMnii
temple, with 'largs at0n6 cayercl with ea1Isai ea,i
hierogyps Of tlgircs. lllcse nlcrog!Ypl,s reet. =
Falt Glnins tn bave Interpreted. 41ld he hnus -. -.
lhcm llle proof that this te!nple was efeetet -
memorial Ut Xreat flood. One OF Us ptins
pal gurea contains Masonic sI0lis, which iAsa.
tho liynt, the thought. tho word, tho bsslnlS.'
a,id tic Specification And history Of ilIeae ss",t
/ after having been lost tor Thousands u yea,'
aro now again to be brought within ths eens,. asn'
comprehension Figures, used aa religious s1w aug
botS in very remote laya, wtre pseaerseu s"n
alter soulo uf tleir meantngs were !ofso.n.., .s,.,
'illu pathological world will took With lnte's''
Tor rEOf. Faib's revolutions.