A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India v2.c12.44

v2.c12.44

² Unfortunately little is known of the spoken accent in Skr. In the following pages, the rules laid down in Bopp's *Vergleichendes Accentuationssystem* have been my guide; but perhaps since that was written advances have been made by European writers. These, in my isolated position in the depths of an Indian province, I have no means of obtaining. I am, however, quite conscious of the unfavourable effect isolation has on this, and all other parts of my work, and only wish my critics would bear it in mind sometimes.