Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human RaceJohnes, Arthur James
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Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race
Johnes, Arthur James
Ethnology; Human beings -- Origin; Language and languages; Monogenism and polygenism
The writers by whom this theory has been maintained have overlooked, on
the one hand, the numerous points of resemblance which connect the
Indo-European languages with other Tongues; while, on the other hand, they
have also overlooked the numerous points of difference which they mutually
display. On a close investigation it will be evident that it is only in
the basis of their Grammars that any of the ancient languages of Asia and
Europe, even those which are very nearly related, agree; they do not
display an identity of Grammatical forms! Compare, for example, the
inflections of the Verbs in the Latin and the Greek, and the numerous
points of difference which they exhibit in almost every tense, combined
with mere partial coincidences. That these remarks are equally true of the
relation displayed by the North American Indian dialects compared to those
of the Old World will be apparent from the following examples, in which it
will be manifest that these dialects in their basis agree with, and in
their inflections and details only partially differ from, the Asiatic and
European languages!
_Present Tense of a Verb in two Dialects of the Algonquyn Class._
“Chippeway” Dialect. “Lenni Lenape” Dialect.
(Root) NOND—“Understand.” (Root) PEND—“Understand.”(152)
_Singular._ _Singular._
N’-nond-OM. N’-pend-AMEN.
“I understand.” “I understand.”
K’-nond-OM. K’-pend-AMEN.
“Thou understand-est.” “Thou understand-est.”
---- -Nond-om. ---- -Pend-amen.
“He understand-s.” “He understand-s.”
_Plural._ _Plural._
N’-nond-AM-IN. N’-pend-AMEN-EEN.
“We understand.” “We understand.”
K’-nond-AM. K’-pend-AM-OHUMO.
“Ye understand.” “Ye understand.”
---Nond-UM-ÔG. ---Pend-AMEN-OWO.
“They understand.” “They understand.”
It will be observed that the inflections of the Algonquyn Verb, indicative
of persons (corresponding to those in Leg-o, Leg-is, Leg-it, _Latin_), are
“Om and Amen.” In another form of the Algonquyn Verb, “Amo” is also used.
These forms, “Om, Amo, Amen,” are the common inflections of the first
person in all the Indo-European languages. (See Dr. Prichard on the
Eastern Origin of the Celtic Nations, pp. 130, 136.) In the North American
Indian dialects it will be seen that they occur in all the three persons.
There are instances of the same kind in the Indo-European Tongues for the
Doric Greek Infinitive as in Poth-emen-ai, “To desire,” and the Greek
Passive Participle as in Tupt-omen-os, Tupt-omen-e, “Struck,” are examples
of the application of “Amen or Omen” to any individual of the Human Race,
in other words, _to all the three persons_!
This inflection “Amen” exists in the Tartar dialects in the first person,
as in Bol-amen, “I am,” Bol-asin, “Thou art,” &c.
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