An Assyrian Grammar, for Comparative PurposesTrübner, 1872 - 188 pages |
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... Chinese ) , and were invented by a Turanian population of Babylonia . These in their several dialects1 assigned various names to the object denoted by the same hieroglyphic , and when the latter came to be used as a phonetic character ...
... Chinese ) , and were invented by a Turanian population of Babylonia . These in their several dialects1 assigned various names to the object denoted by the same hieroglyphic , and when the latter came to be used as a phonetic character ...
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... Chinese . Different sounds , consequently , were attached to the same character , either because the object or idea admitted of different names , or because the various tribes of Chaldæa did not always agree in their vocabulary . When ...
... Chinese . Different sounds , consequently , were attached to the same character , either because the object or idea admitted of different names , or because the various tribes of Chaldæa did not always agree in their vocabulary . When ...
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... Chinese ) , while the Phoenician ( ys ) is probably . Sa was originally the demonstrative , and stood by the side of su , sa , si . Himyaritic and Ethiopic show traces of a pronoun 8 . sa is indeclinable . In vulgar Assyrian it was ...
... Chinese ) , while the Phoenician ( ys ) is probably . Sa was originally the demonstrative , and stood by the side of su , sa , si . Himyaritic and Ethiopic show traces of a pronoun 8 . sa is indeclinable . In vulgar Assyrian it was ...
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... China . By A. Wylie . - III . The Brhat Sanhitâ ; or , Complete System of Natural Astrology of Varâha - Mihira Translated from Sanskrit into English by Dr. H. Kern.-IV. The Pongol Festival in Southern India . By Charles E. Gover . - V ...
... China . By A. Wylie . - III . The Brhat Sanhitâ ; or , Complete System of Natural Astrology of Varâha - Mihira Translated from Sanskrit into English by Dr. H. Kern.-IV. The Pongol Festival in Southern India . By Charles E. Gover . - V ...
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... Chinese , by S. BEAL ( B.A. Trinity College , Cambridge ) , a Chaplain in Her Majesty's Fleet , a Member of the Royal Asiatic Society , and Author of a Translation of the Pratimôksha and the Amithâba Sûtra from the Chinese . Crown 8vo ...
... Chinese , by S. BEAL ( B.A. Trinity College , Cambridge ) , a Chaplain in Her Majesty's Fleet , a Member of the Royal Asiatic Society , and Author of a Translation of the Pratimôksha and the Amithâba Sûtra from the Chinese . Crown 8vo ...
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Accadian accent accusative Achæmenian period adjectives Æthiopic anacu aorist Aphel Arabic Aramaic Aryan Asiatic assimilated Assur-bani-pal Assyr Assyrian attached Babylonian become case-endings character Chinese cima cloth cognate languages compared concave verbs consonant denoted dental dialects DICTIONARY doubled dropped dual Edited enclitic English Ethiopic expressed F. J. FURNIVALL feminine termination genitive grammar guttural Hebrew Himyaritic Hincks IMPERATIVE instance interchange Iphteal Istaphal king letter masculine Ménant mimmation Niphal nomen mutati nomen permanentis nominative noun numerals omitted Oppert original Pael Palel participle passive Permansive person singular Phoenician Precative preceding prefix preposition present primitive pronunciation quadriliteral rare reduplication root Royal Royal Asiatic Society Sanskrit sarru second person second radical Semitic languages Sennacherib sentence sewed Shaphel sibilant side sometimes status constructus subjunctive substantive suffix sunuti syllabaries syllable tablets tense Text third personal pronoun Translated triliteral Turanian ultu vowel vulgar weakened word
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