...now quoted in every introductory textbook of historical linguistics (punctuation mine): The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful...exquisitely refined than either; yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly...

...languages of Europe and declared in 1786, "The language of Sanskrit, whatever be its antiquity, is of the wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek,...the Latin and more exquisitely refined than either " C. Rajagopalachari is reported to have remarked that Sanskrit was a "symbol of our seniority among...

...103 108 145 179 225 247 252 CHAPTER 1 Language in ancient Europe: an introduction ROGER D. WOODARD The Sanscrit language, whatever be its antiquity,...exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly...

..."Persian"), a language spoken in the Middle East. The famous quote below is from Jones: "The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful...exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs and the forms of grammar, than could possibly...

...for having suggested that the linguistic affinities between Sanskrit — a language he declared to be 'more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either' — and most of what are now called the Indo-European languages, implied that they must all share a...