From (1stly,) the original Latin of Italy, and from the imported Latin, of (2ndly,) the Spanish Peninsula, (3rdly,) Gaul, (4thly,) Dacia and Pannonia, we have (amongst others) the following modern languages--1st Italian, 2nd Spanish and Portuguese, 3rd French, 4th Wallachian. How far these languages differ from each other is currently known. _One_ essential cause of this difference is the difference of the original language upon which the Latin was engrafted. s. 142. I am not doing too much for the sake of system if I classify the languages, of which the Italian, French, &c., are the representatives, as the languages of Germany were classified, _viz._, into divisions. I. The Spanish and Portuguese are sufficiently like the Italian to be arranged in a single division. This may conveniently be called the Hesperian division. II. The second division is the Transalpine. This comprises the languages of Gaul, _viz._, the Modern French, the {88} Anglo-Norman, and the Provencal. It also includes a language not yet mentioned, the Romanese (_Rumonsch_), or the language of the Grisons, or Graubuenten, of Switzerland. _Specimen of the Romanese_. _Luke_ XV. 11. 11. Uen Hum veva dus Filgs: 12. Ad ilg juven da quels schet alg Bab, "Bab mi dai la Part de la Rauba c' aud' [`a] mi:" ad el parch[`e] or ad els la Rauba. 13. A bucca bears Gis suenter, cur ilg Filg juven vet tut mess ansemel, scha til[`a] 'l navent en uenna Terra dalunsch: a lou sfiget el tut sia Rauba cun viver senza spargn. 14. A cur el vet tut sfaig, scha vangit ei en quella Terra uen grond Fumaz: ad el antschavet a ver basengs. 15. Ad el m[`a], [`a]: sa plid[`e] enn uen Burgeis da quella Terra; a quel ilg tarmatet or sin s[^e]s Beins a parchirar ils Porcs. 16. Ad el grigiava dad amplanir sieu Venter cun las Criscas ch' ils Porcs malgiavan; mo nagin lgi deva. 17. Mo el m[`a] en sasez a schet: "Quonts Fumelgs da mieu Bab han budonza da Pann, a jou miei d' fom!" 18. "Jou vi lavar si, ad ir tier mieu Bab, e vi gir a lgi: 'Bab, jou hai faig puccau ancunter ilg Tschiel ad avont tei; 19. "'A sunt bucca pli vangonts da vangir numnaus tieu Filg: fai mei esser sco uen da tes Fumelgs.'" III. The third division is the Dacian, Pannonian, or Wallachian, containing the present languages of Wallachia and Moldavia. In the _Jahrbuecher der Literatur_, June, 1829, specimens are given of two of its dialects: 1, the Daco-Wallachian, north of the Danube; 2, the Macedono-Wallachian, south of the Danube. The present specimen varies from both. It is taken from the New Testament, printed at Smyrna, 1838. The Dacian division is marked by placing the article after the noun, as _homul_=_the man_=_homo ille_. _Luke_ XV. 11. 11. Un om avea do[)i] fec'or[)i]. 12. Shi a zis c'el ma[)i] tinr din e[)i] tatlu[)i] su: tat, dm[)i] partea c'e mi se kade de avucie: shi de a imprcit lor avuciea.