Wilson Philological Lectures on Sanskrit and the Derived Languages c6.10.4

c6.10.4

Two volumes have been published, and the third and last is expected.⁵ Mr. Beames has brought his subject down to the pronoun; and the forthcoming volume will treat of the verb. Dr. Trump in his valuable Grammar of the Sindhî language compares the grammatical forms existing in the several vernaculars, and recent grammarians of Gujarâtî and Marâthî have made attempts in some cases to trace the grammar of these languages from the Sanskrit through the Prâkrit. A Gujarâtî Sâstrî, named Vrajalâl, has written a useful little tract on the history of his vernacular.⁶ But upon the whole, it must be acknowledged that vernacular philology is still in a state of infancy, and a great deal of what has been written is unsatisfactory.