Contributions to the history of the development of the human race, tr. by D. Asher1880 |
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... alphabet and attempted to read entire inscriptions . Upwards of thirty years , however , elapsed ere Professor Lassen succeeded in discovering an alphabet complete in all essentials , and , the science of language having mean- while ...
... alphabet and attempted to read entire inscriptions . Upwards of thirty years , however , elapsed ere Professor Lassen succeeded in discovering an alphabet complete in all essentials , and , the science of language having mean- while ...
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... and secondarily of Semitic origin , but through Professor Mommsen's researches we also know exactly in what way the Italic alphabets have deve- loped . The Gothic alphabet of Ulfilas is not less ( 64 ) ON THE ORIGIN OF WRITING.
... and secondarily of Semitic origin , but through Professor Mommsen's researches we also know exactly in what way the Italic alphabets have deve- loped . The Gothic alphabet of Ulfilas is not less ( 64 ) ON THE ORIGIN OF WRITING.
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... alphabet itself in its Hebrew , Ethio- pian , Samaritan , Zend or Middle Persian , Syrian , and Arabic branches , and if we further consider that the latter branch has been adopted by the Turks , Per- sians , Malays , and the Hindustani ...
... alphabet itself in its Hebrew , Ethio- pian , Samaritan , Zend or Middle Persian , Syrian , and Arabic branches , and if we further consider that the latter branch has been adopted by the Turks , Per- sians , Malays , and the Hindustani ...
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... alphabet . Neither of them set up an alphabetic , but both a syllabic writing . Sequoyah , indeed , had at first set up , as the Vei writing had , about 200 characters , but subsequently reduced them to 85 . Leaving these ...
... alphabet . Neither of them set up an alphabetic , but both a syllabic writing . Sequoyah , indeed , had at first set up , as the Vei writing had , about 200 characters , but subsequently reduced them to 85 . Leaving these ...
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... alphabet destined to such wide dissemination was doubtless Babylon , which , since Professor Böckh , we have known to be the starting - point of the system of weights and measures universally adopted in antiquity , and come down thence ...
... alphabet destined to such wide dissemination was doubtless Babylon , which , since Professor Böckh , we have known to be the starting - point of the system of weights and measures universally adopted in antiquity , and come down thence ...
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