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The Mezzofanti table of languages
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Sinfonia
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10 June 2006 at 6:39pm | IP Logged

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I think the discussion would become even more interesting if you discussed specific languages based on the book (whose entire text is available on this website) rather than the table, which is only a summary.

I've read most of the book now and I have to say that so much of the evidence is anecdotal that it still leaves me resoundingly sceptical. Put it this way: no modern linguist would accept Russell's 'evidence' as evidence. Doubtless even Mezzofanti himself wouldn't have been too impressed!

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