“Should any be inclined to doubt, which I scarcely suppose possible, the identity of the Gypsey, or Cingari, and the Hindostanie languages, still it will be acknowledged as no uninteresting subject, that tribes wandering through the mountains of Nubia, or the plains of Romania, have conversed for centuries in a dialect precisely similar to that spoken at this day, by, the obscure, despised, and wretched people in England, whose language has been considered as a fabricated gibberish, and confounded with a cant in use among thieves and beggars; and whose persons have been, till within the period of a year, an object of the persecution, instead of the protection of our laws.” _William Marsden_. In the 386th page of the 7th Vol. of Archæologia, is the comparative view of the English Gypsey, Turkish Gypsey, and Hindostanie dialects; a specimen of which will be presented in this section. In page 387 of the same volume, are collections on the Zingara, or Gypsey language, by Jacob Bryant, Esq. transmitted to G. Salusbury Brereton, Esq. in a letter from Doctor Douglas, read 1785: This learned traveller, when in Hungary, had taken from the mouths of Gypsies, specimens of their language, which occupy seven pages. It is remarkable, that of seventeen words obtained and enumerated in the letters of Coxe, the learned traveller, fourteen appear to resemble most exactly those of the same signification, collected by Jacob Bryant _John Douglas_. COMPARISON OF THE GYPSEY, TURKISH, AND HINDOSTANIE LANGUAGES. _English_. _English _Turkish _Cingari vel _Hindostanie_. Gypsey_. Gypsey_. Errones Nubiani_. One Aick Yeck Aick, ek, Yek Two Dooce Duy Du, Dow Three Trin Trin Trin Four Staur, Shtar Shtiar Chaur Five Panji Panch Paunch Six Shove Shove Chaye Seven Heftan Efta Saath Eight Okto Aoth Aut Nine Henya Enia Noh Nu Ten Desh Desh Dus, Doshe (Bengalese) Man Raye, gazo Ram Manush Manusch Manoosha, (Bengalese) Woman Raunee gougee Romee Rendee, Raunee