Journey Through Russia and Siberia, 1787-1788: The Journal and Selected LettersUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1966 - 293 pages |
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Page 156
... language he says is the oldest langu [ a ] ge and that all the other Tartars understand it . They in this respect resemble the Cherokees in America.11 The Yakutsky formerly possessed this Country but were dispossessed by the Calmucs ...
... language he says is the oldest langu [ a ] ge and that all the other Tartars understand it . They in this respect resemble the Cherokees in America.11 The Yakutsky formerly possessed this Country but were dispossessed by the Calmucs ...
Page 174
... language is exactly like the Chinese , & so indeed are the languages of all the Asiatic Tartars . [ p . 6 ] People in this Country that are born half Russ , half Tartar are very different & much superior in their Persons to either the ...
... language is exactly like the Chinese , & so indeed are the languages of all the Asiatic Tartars . [ p . 6 ] People in this Country that are born half Russ , half Tartar are very different & much superior in their Persons to either the ...
Page 186
... Languages it is best to form an opinion from the tone & inflexion of the voice , from sound only & to give an opinion ... Language is more characteristic of it than it [ s ] orthography . Captain Billings's Command from the River Kovyma ...
... Languages it is best to form an opinion from the tone & inflexion of the voice , from sound only & to give an opinion ... Language is more characteristic of it than it [ s ] orthography . Captain Billings's Command from the River Kovyma ...
Contents
A Biographical Sketch | 3 |
Significance and Problems of Interpre | 32 |
Siberia in the Eighteenth Century | 53 |
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