Portal:Philology and linguistics
An index of texts related to the study, including grammar and vocabulary, of languages.
Contents
- 1 General
- 2 Ainu
- 3 Arabic
- 4 Australia
- 5 Bengali
- 6 Bulgarian
- 7 Burmese
- 8 Czech
- 9 Chinese
- 10 English
- 11 Esperanto
- 12 Greek
- 13 Hebrew
- 14 Irish
- 15 Latin
- 16 Manchu
- 17 Native American
- 18 Pashto
- 19 Persian
- 20 Romani
- 21 Sanskrit
- 22 Scottish Gaelic
- 23 Sierra Leone
- 24 Syriac
- 25 Ukranian
- 26 Volapük
- 27 Welsh
- 28 Yiddish
General[edit]
- European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, 1992
- English Official Language Amendment, failed 2005 attempt to make English the official language of the United States
- Homer and Classical Philology, 1869 by Friedrich Nietzsche
- What is the use of phonetics?, 1910 by Otto Jespersen
- Articles from Popular Science Monthly:
Ainu[edit]
Arabic[edit]
- A Treatise on the Permutations of Letters in the Arabic Language, by Author:Moluvee Roshun Ulee, translated by Robert Tytler in 1810
Australia[edit]
- Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia and also A descriptive vocabulary of the language of the aborigines, by George Fletcher Moore in 1884
- Index:Dawson - Australian aborigines (1900).djvu, by James Dawson in 1881
- Index:An Australian language as spoken by the Awabakal.djvu, by Lancelot Edward Threlkeld in 1892
Bengali[edit]
- Grammar of the Bengali Language, 1891, by John Beames [1]
- The History of the Bengali Language, 1920, by Bijay Chandra Majumdar
Bulgarian[edit]
Burmese[edit]
- Grammar of the Burmese Language, 1883 by Adoniram Judson
- Grammatical Notices of the Burmese Language, 1842 by Adoniram Judson
Czech[edit]
Chinese[edit]
- Chinese Without a Teacher, 1922 by Herbert Allen Giles
- Essays on the Chinese Language, 1889 by Thomas Watters
- A progressive course of colloquial Chinese, 1908 by Thomas Francis Wade
- Synoptical Studies in Chinese Character, 1874 by Herbert Allen Giles
Fuzhou[edit]
- The Chinese Language Spoken at Fuh Chau, 1856 by Moses Clark White
- Dictionary of the Foochow Dialect, 1929 by R. S. Maclay, C. C. Baldwin and Samuel H. Leger
- An English-Chinese Dictionary of the Foochow Dialect (transcription project), 1905 by T. B. Adam
Shantou[edit]
- English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular Or Spoken Language of Swatow (transcription project), 1883 by Rudolf Lechler, Samuel Wells Williams, William Duffus
- Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular (transcription project), 1886 by Lim Hiong Seng
- A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, 1883 by Adele Marion Fielde
Chaozhou[edit]
- A Chinese and English vocabulary, in the Tie-chiu dialect (transcription project), 1883 by Josiah Goddard
- First Lessons in the Tie-chiw Dialect (transcription project), 1841 by William Dean
English[edit]
- The American Language, 1919 by Henry Louis Mencken
- A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language
- A Dictionary of Modern English Usage, 1926 by Henry Watson Fowler
- A Dictionary of Australian Words And Terms, 1924 by Author:Gilbert H. Lawson
- English as we speak it in Ireland, 1910 by Patrick Weston Joyce
- Essentials of English Grammar for the Use of Schools, 1877 by William Dwight Whitney
- The Evolution of English Lexicography, 1900 by James Augustus Henry Murray
- A glossary of words used in the neighbourhood of Sheffield, 1888 by Sidney Oldall Addy
- The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
- The King's English, 1906 by Henry Watson Fowler
- Articles from Popular Science Monthly:
- A Proposal for Correcting, Improving, and Ascertaining the English Tongue, 1712 by Jonathan Swift
- The Etymology of the Name 'Emu', from Essays on Early Ornithology and Kindred Subjects by James R. McClymont (1920)
Esperanto[edit]
- The Spread of Esperanto, 1907 in the Review of Reviews for Australia
- The Esperanto Teacher, by Helen Fryer
- Dr. Esperanto's International Language, by Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof
Greek[edit]
Hebrew[edit]
- Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar, 1910
Irish[edit]
- A Dialect of Donegal, 1906 by E. C. Quiggin
- Graiméar na Gaedhilge, 1906 by the Christian Brothers
Latin[edit]
- A Latin Dictionary, 1879 by Charlton T. Lewis
- Latin for beginners, 1909 by Benjamin Leonard D'Ooge
Manchu[edit]
Native American[edit]
- Sign-Language among the American Indians, 1835 by Archibald Sayce
- International Journal of American Linguistics, 1917-present (periodical)
Abenaki[edit]
- New familiar Abenakis and English dialogues, the first ever published on the grammatical system (1884), by Joseph Laurent [3]
- A dictionary of the Abnaki language, in North America (1833), [4]
Aleut[edit]
Cree[edit]
- A grammar of the Cree language; with which is combined an analysis of the Chippeway dialect (1844) [6]
- A grammar of the Cree language, as spoken by the Cree Indians of North America (1881) [7]
- A grammar of the Cree language (1913) [8]
Maliseet[edit]
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- see wikipedia article at Malecite-Passamaquoddy language
Mi'kmaq[edit]
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- The Navaho Language (1972) [11]
- An ethnologic dictionary of the Navaho language (c1910) [12]
- Dine bizad = Navaho, his language: a handbook for beginners in the study of the Navaho language (1910) [13]
Ojibwe[edit]
- Ojibway and English easy reader (1906) [14]
- Ojibwa texts (1917) [15]
- A theoretical and practical grammar of the Otchipwe language (1878) [16]
Pashto[edit]
Persian[edit]
Romani[edit]
- English Gipsies and Their Language, 1874 by Author:Charles Godfrey Leland[18]
- The Dialect of the English Gypsies, 1875 by Author:Bath Charles Smart[19]
Sanskrit[edit]
- A History of Sanskrit Literature, 1900 by Arthur Anthony Macdonell
- Sanskrit Grammar, 1879 by William Dwight Whitney
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
- Scottish Gaelic Dialects, 1906–07 by Charles M. Robertson
Sierra Leone[edit]
Syriac[edit]
- A short history of Syriac literature (1894) by William Wright (1830-1889) [21] and [22]
Ukranian[edit]
- Valuyev Circular, 1863 outlawing the Ukranian language
Volapük[edit]
- Hand-book of Volapük (1888) by Charles E. Sprague
- Dictionary of Volapük: Volapük-English, English-Volapük (1889) by Marshall William Wood [23]
