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... spoken in a large part of modern Greece , is supposed to be a descendant of the ancient Illyrian . - § 5. IV . The LATIN . This is often joined with the preceding , as the Greco - Latin , or Classical branch . Closely akin to Latin were ...
... spoken in a large part of modern Greece , is supposed to be a descendant of the ancient Illyrian . - § 5. IV . The LATIN . This is often joined with the preceding , as the Greco - Latin , or Classical branch . Closely akin to Latin were ...
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... spoken in Cornwall , but went out of use in the last century ) , and the Armorican ( spoken in the French province of Brittany , the ancient Armorica ) . The oldest manuscript specimens of the Gaelic belong to the close of the eighth ...
... spoken in Cornwall , but went out of use in the last century ) , and the Armorican ( spoken in the French province of Brittany , the ancient Armorica ) . The oldest manuscript specimens of the Gaelic belong to the close of the eighth ...
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... spoken at that time by the Goths on the Lower Danube . This work is preserved only in fragments , but these are of considerable extent , and are of inestimable value to the philologist . Among the Teutonic languages we distinguish ...
... spoken at that time by the Goths on the Lower Danube . This work is preserved only in fragments , but these are of considerable extent , and are of inestimable value to the philologist . Among the Teutonic languages we distinguish ...
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... spoken in Holland , and used in literature since the latter part of the thirteenth century . The Flemish , spoken in Flanders , is a dialect of the Dutch . ( e . ) The Low German , strictly so called ( or Plattdeutsch ) , the idiom of ...
... spoken in Holland , and used in literature since the latter part of the thirteenth century . The Flemish , spoken in Flanders , is a dialect of the Dutch . ( e . ) The Low German , strictly so called ( or Plattdeutsch ) , the idiom of ...
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... spoken by the dominant people in England during more than three centuries . of Roman occupation . But it seems not to have established itself , as it did in Gaul and Spain , so as to supplant the native language of the country . It had ...
... spoken by the dominant people in England during more than three centuries . of Roman occupation . But it seems not to have established itself , as it did in Gaul and Spain , so as to supplant the native language of the country . It had ...
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