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Sumenans, 422
superlative, no
Swahdi, 193, 209
Swedish, 206, 276 ff , see also Scandi-
navian
Swedish, literary, 281-2
Swedish spelling, 237-8
syllable writing, 48, 61
syllables, 53, 69, 214
synonyms, in conversation 27
synonyms, unnecessary, 500
syntax, 122,129 ff, 184
syntax, and good writing, 171
syntax, changes in, 168
syntax, German, 302 ff
synthetic languages, 107
Tahman, 194
Tamil, 195
Tartar, 193, 194
Tascoman, 253
technical terms, 24, 496 ff
telegraphic codes, 85
Telugu, 195
tense, 103, 105-8, 321, 489
tenses, compound, 104
tenses, Romance, 337-9, 390-3
Teutonic language, parent, 181,186-
18?
Teutonic languages, 194, 206-9
Teutonic languages and English,
differences, 273
Teutonic speakers, number, 406
Tibetan, 193* I94> 441
Tibeto-Burmese group, 425
Tigre", 424
Tignna3 424
ol»345
tilde, 255
tune, directives or, 146
Tokharmn, 189
tone, interrogative, 159
tones, 63, 425, 433-4
Tooke, Home, 179-80
traffic signs, 49, 57
transitive, 149
transitive and intransitive, in German,
3o6
tncks of language-learning, 20, 24
tnhteralism, 70, 424
Turco-Tartar languages, 194
Turkish, 193, 194, 200, 489
Turkish script, 416, 436
Ukrainian, 416
Ulfilas, 102, 178, 265
Umlaut, 206
Umversal-Sprache, 459
Urdu, 412
Vandals, 343
Vedic, 407, 408
Vedic hymns, 190
Veltpari, 459
verb, 31, 119-21, 148 ff, see also
irregular verbs
verb, causative, 150, 206
verb, Celtic, 418-19
verb, Dutch, 285
verb economy, 474-5, 477
verb, Burnish, 198
verb flexions, Dutch and German,
283-4
verb flexions, English, 262-5
verb flexions, Gothic, 265
verb flexions, Scandinavian, 277
verb, French, 378-80
verb, German, 297 ff
verb, Gothic, 265
verb, Greek and Sanskrit, 409
verb, impersonal, 169, 171
verb, in Basic English, 503-4
verb, in Interlingua, 469-70
verb, Italian, 382
verb, Latin, 321 ff
verb, Persian, 410
verb, Portuguese, 380-4
verb prefixes, German, 302
verb, Romance, 378 ff
verb, Russian, 415-16
verb, separable, 302-3
verb, Spanish, 380-4
verb, strong and weak, 104, 107, 270
verb, Teutonic, 187,191,206-9,270 ff
verb, vagueness of meaning, 148
verbal noun, 139
vernaculars, rise of, 443
vestiges, grammatical, 35-6
vocabulary, basic, 29 ff
vocabulary, basic, number of words
needed, 24, 30
vocabulary, conversational and writ-
ten, 27
vocabulary, for auxiliary language,
494 ff
vocative case, 314, 318
vocatives, 90