The Red Cloud chief., 1886-08-20
o LANGUAGE.
Cue aaj orisis ct The Different psss
sod Modern Language


All study i.:o ihc snhjcc; tend. 10
show tbs; language il ! s-pntsneou~
product o! human aa,a-'-s nvC~s<ary
r--uli Of mans physical and mental
constitution. and altogether niePeua-
mt 81 hi sill. En-: whale the cause IL
language ii-e,f i un;urs,icnshlS sub
j-cuyr. H. differences A. probably o.
rc;svc, tina; J.. calhs~i ~ nan :
cnyITDnmru'. or surrounding rrrvtitn-
s;aur-.- The study -: ih~ s.ricin-c a.:
l.ncsasc shows IL, acc and - d~~r~"
a: dcVcl .pm-n ut Speech cIa T. di'HisTi
into two great parts worl~ that in4.-
eai., ri-aS. AMI WORT. tina, .iS~ ;Ic r.
istou. II ii.a- ~ each ether NJ The
iouBiI,b,n oi language lc r'st- That
!. sample sound, expressive ~ m"an-
ing. Nov AL language. IN th-ir ear
hcs, sa-c.. undoubtedly used thee
roots IN th.ir naked forms a, uor!s.
,be same .yll1b5c. sccuriins ~ Il,
position. ~runE n. diiercni psTss M
speech. Thi- - ih~ ca>r with ,,c
Chimes language ,'il! The relations
II IDEAS. IN that tongue. have aimo-i
no VEGA oppression whatever. ,hcN AZ
wholly indicated ~ position w may
therefore ,sy that the CaAAac~ language
vas S.~s,cd III a very rid mcntATy
stage ot rv-lopmcnt AMI that II = IN
= - ~ ~.
Tn. ThIbctan. Siamc>r. Anamr>" AMI
Burman languages arr ike Inc thlnr>c
in ihi, 70 ,prCs AMI a r clss~-t ~
mono>yllab!c language Ehc Jspan-,"
and Corran tpn-u-> ar, muchl Ike the
Chinese. bat ar much more developed
in structure. EI.c rrnud grva; c.aN>
Of languages includes LipSc IN
which relations ~ ideas are eN-
pressed altogether ~ separate root~
iuinrd 10 the significant rs,;> n trTIuI-
nations. These nv called the a:g.uti-
nate languages. and inclu L. % the
Iuraniau tongues, which Compr>r u"
Turkish and the Tartar dialects. anal
all the dialects spoken by the Siberian
tribes and hv the AbOyigiuc> on the
islands of bycanlCa, 90 the African
languages: and 60 the lansuac Of
the the American In8lans. The thiri
-rraj class Of languages J. known -
The lni,rCiionll. and includes the great
body IL civilized tongues These are
divided into two families. thu AIRY an
and the Semitic The oldest "' the
ArVan languages - the Nansrrit. a
dead language of India, the oldest %.
the Semitic u not ~ certainly kuoNn,
bat probably the ancient thtldcc may
b., thus cla>>cd. 10 the Semitic !aml-
IL of Tongues also belong Ia" dead Ian
guagc, of the Hebrews. and of Eth
opia. SYRIA and other countries of
Western Asia; also. the living dialects
of Arabia. SYRIA and those -till used by
the jews. The dead language, 81 the
Arvan family include the Nanscrlt, g.
We have mentioned. classic Greek AMI
Latin aud NIL the persisted tongues 81
Europe. In the living tongues If this
family are comprised IN" Armenian
and kindred diaicct, "f Asia Minor. the
Slayunic. Icutonic. SaNon and all
other groups of language used 10y the
civilized nations 81 Europ" and Amer
ca. II would need a volume Ia TRACE
III" supposed relative age. Of these
tongues, a, stated by dificren, ph,Iol-
nCist, for a, these matter, can only
be settled by minor points of gram
NAUTICAL structure. >tudent>of language
are hy no means agreed concerning
thcm-and To indicate those which NJ.
contemporaries in origin. and ,ho>" de-
rived from others. Their" are not lees
than several thousand different lam
guagcs AMI dialects used IN thr world:
the cNact number j. not known. Che
caY0 Inter Oc.IH.