Thirty 'Tartarian' languages from the Black Sea to Japan
Editorial contextStrahlenberg announces the first part of his planned work: a comparative table of thirty languages spoken between the Black Sea and the Sea of Japan, which he calls the 'Tartarian' languages. He explains that the many peoples of Siberia and Tartary each have their own language besides the main languages used among them, and a footnote adds that they therefore cannot all properly go under the name of Tartars.
The first, then, is a Specimen of the Harmony of the Tartarian Languages, consisting of 30 languages, which begin at the Black Sea and end at the Sea of Japan. … (since various peoples live in Siberia and Tartary who, besides the main languages in use among them, have their own particular ones as well)
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Das erste nun, ist ein Specimen Harmoniae linguarum Tartaricarum, bestehend in 30 Sprachen, die sich anheben von dem Schwartzen und sich endigen bey dem Japanischen Meer. … (indem unterschiedliche Völckerschaften in Siberien und der Tartarey vorhanden sind, welche nebst denen Haupt-Sprachen, so unter ihnen gebräuchlich sind, ihre eigene oder particuliere daneben haben)
About Peoples of Siberia and 'Tartary' (Turkic, Mongolic, Uralic and others)
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