Samuel Gyarmathi s "Affinitas linguae hungaricae cum linguis fennicae originis grammatice demonstrata" (Gottingen 1799) was received as a distinguished work of scholarship in its own days, and its historical importance has been fully recognized ever since. This volume provides an English translation of the entire Latin text, including the Latin glosses of the original (with the exception of zoological and botanical terms, and a few passages where specific reference is made to Latin grammar). This translation includes two additions to the text of "Affinitas" as reprinted in the Indiana...

First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.