ABSTRACT
ARYAN HYPOTHESIS AND CONTROVERSY-THE RACES OF MANKIND CHANGE MORE SLOWLY THAN THEIR LANGUAGES-THEORY OF THE GRADUAL ORIGIN OF LANGUAGES-DIFFICULTY OF DEFINING WHAT IS
MEANT BY A LANGUAGE AS DISTINCT FROM A DIALECT-GREAT NUMBER OF EXTINCT AND LIVING TONGUES-NO EUROPEAN LANGUAGE A THOUSAND YEARS OLD-GAPS BETWEEN LANGUAGES, HOW
CAUSED-IMPERFECTION OF THE RECORD —CHANGES ALWAYS IN PROGRESS-STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE BETWEEN RIVAL TERMS AND DIALECTS-CAUSES OF SELECTION-EACH LANGUAGE FORMED SLOWLY IN A
SINGLE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA-MAY DIE OUT GRADUALLY OR SUDDENLY-ONCE LOST CAN NEVER BE REVIVED-MODE OF ORIGIN OF LANGUAGES AND SPECIES A MYSTERY-SPECULATIONS AS TO THE NUMBER
OF ORIGINAL LANGUAGES OR SPECIES UNPROFITABLE.
