CHAPTER IX.

THE FAMILIES OF LANGUAGES.

Stages of Language.--The logical order not the historical.--1. The Indo-European and Arian family.--Its unity and importance.--Life of the early Arians.--“Linguistic Palæontology.”--2. The Semitic family.--Its character and divisions.--3. The Allophylian or Turanian (?) family (?).--Can only be called a ‘family’ hypothetically.--Includes a vast number of languages, which have _very little_ connection with each other. 185