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... distinct . But if we compare their numerals we clearly see that these are common property ; we perceive similarity , though at the same time great diversity : 29 1 2 3 5 Fakaafoan tasi lua , ua tolu fa lima Samoan tasi Jua tolu fa lima ...
... distinct . But if we compare their numerals we clearly see that these are common property ; we perceive similarity , though at the same time great diversity : 29 1 2 3 5 Fakaafoan tasi lua , ua tolu fa lima Samoan tasi Jua tolu fa lima ...
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... distinct approach to the form that Chinese words assume in the language of Annam . Edkins , Man- darin Grammar , p . 87 . 34 Endlicher , Chinesische Grammatik , p . 53 , 78 , 96 . 35 Léon de Rosny , Tableau de la Cochinchine , p . 295 ...
... distinct approach to the form that Chinese words assume in the language of Annam . Edkins , Man- darin Grammar , p . 87 . 34 Endlicher , Chinesische Grammatik , p . 53 , 78 , 96 . 35 Léon de Rosny , Tableau de la Cochinchine , p . 295 ...
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... distinct sounds , and with them it expresses between 40,000 and 50,000 words or meanings . " These meanings are now kept distinct by means of composition , as in other languages by derivation , but in the radical stage words with more ...
... distinct sounds , and with them it expresses between 40,000 and 50,000 words or meanings . " These meanings are now kept distinct by means of composition , as in other languages by derivation , but in the radical stage words with more ...
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... distinct languages are spoken . Some of them are confined to single villages , others to groups of three or four ; and though of course they have a certain family resemblance , they are yet so distinct as to be mutually unintelligible ...
... distinct languages are spoken . Some of them are confined to single villages , others to groups of three or four ; and though of course they have a certain family resemblance , they are yet so distinct as to be mutually unintelligible ...
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... distinct mark , to- gether with some provision to express grammatical derivations and inflexions , this might suffice as to one great end of a real character , namely , the expression of our conceptions by marks , which shall signify ...
... distinct mark , to- gether with some provision to express grammatical derivations and inflexions , this might suffice as to one great end of a real character , namely , the expression of our conceptions by marks , which shall signify ...
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