The Lord's prayer in five hundred languages, comprising the leading languages and their principal dialects throughout the world, with the places where spoken . The efilaro;e}nci!f of the present edition to nearly tivice the size of itspredecessor has not been achieved without the expei^ditiire of much time,trouble, and research. The additions comprise tnany versions speciallytranslated for the purpose, such as Accadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, and thedifferent stages of Egyptian, amongst archaic languages; and Hausa, Swahili,and others, amongst modern languages. Many African and Polynesianversio
The Lord's prayer in five hundred languages, comprising the leading languages and their principal dialects throughout the world, with the places where spoken . The efilaro;e}nci!f of the present edition to nearly tivice the size of itspredecessor has not been achieved without the expei^ditiire of much time,trouble, and research. The additions comprise tnany versions speciallytranslated for the purpose, such as Accadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, and thedifferent stages of Egyptian, amongst archaic languages; and Hausa, Swahili,and others, amongst modern languages. Many African and Polynesianversions also appear for the first time. The various texts of the AncientGreek have been given, and several versions of interest, such as that of thePrayer Book of Edward VI., the Roman Catholic version, and BraidScots,^ have been added to the collection. The historical development of various languages, such as Croatian, Danish,Dutch, French, German, Hindustani, and others, has been illustrated bythe inclusion of the older forms. Dialectal -ramifications are also illustratedunder Basque, Italian, French, Spanish, Sardinian, c^c. In comparing different version
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