Transactions of the Second Session of the International Congress of Orientalists: Held in London in September, 1874Robert K. Douglas Trübner, 1876 - 456 pages |
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... according to the established rules of euphony and grammatical change . As matters stand at present , we are far from having overcome the elementary difficulties of phonetic representation . Notwithstanding , indeed , the numerous ...
... according to the established rules of euphony and grammatical change . As matters stand at present , we are far from having overcome the elementary difficulties of phonetic representation . Notwithstanding , indeed , the numerous ...
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... according to Herodotus . Media itself is named Mada and Madape , the Medias , the lands . And this name of Mada is the single one which does not take for the derivative terms the syllable rra . A Persian , an Armenian , or Babylonian ...
... according to Herodotus . Media itself is named Mada and Madape , the Medias , the lands . And this name of Mada is the single one which does not take for the derivative terms the syllable rra . A Persian , an Armenian , or Babylonian ...
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... according to this computation together lasted 458 years , which is the same number of years as the third dynasty itself lasted . But these coinci- This date of 788 B.C. , established by M. de RESTORATION OF THE BEROSUS CANON . 47.
... according to this computation together lasted 458 years , which is the same number of years as the third dynasty itself lasted . But these coinci- This date of 788 B.C. , established by M. de RESTORATION OF THE BEROSUS CANON . 47.
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... according to which a low - sounding root , i.e. one containing hard vowels , requires formatives and suffixes with hard vowels , and vice versa ; a high - sounding root , i.e. one containing soft vowels , requires formatives and ...
... according to which a low - sounding root , i.e. one containing hard vowels , requires formatives and suffixes with hard vowels , and vice versa ; a high - sounding root , i.e. one containing soft vowels , requires formatives and ...
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... according to the Rule VIII . of mutation of sounds . The numerals ' eight ' and ' nine ' are compounds expressing a sub- traction 2-10 , 1-10 , which is clearly shown by the Finnish kahde- ksan , ykde - ksän . The Hungarian ' eight ...
... according to the Rule VIII . of mutation of sounds . The numerals ' eight ' and ' nine ' are compounds expressing a sub- traction 2-10 , 1-10 , which is clearly shown by the Finnish kahde- ksan , ykde - ksän . The Hungarian ' eight ...
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