Life of Ahmad — Page 442
MOTHER OF ALL LANGUAGES as 442 Kh. Kam a l-ud-D i n. (5) Mirza Khuda Bakhsh (6) Mufti Muhammad Sa diq ra (7) Miy a Ĕ Muhammad Khan (8) Munsh i Ghulam Muhammad. The first two did most of the work. Unfortunately, however, Ahmad as could not complete this book and the list was not used. To show that Arabic is the original language of man, Ahmad as says it is the natural language and has the power of describing and reflecting the beauty of nature. Again it contains the characteristics of all other languages. The Chinese language consists of single syllables and there are single syllables in Arabic also, which convey a definite meaning. Some American languages have only compound syllables, each of which separately does not signify anything. The same peculiarity is found in Arabic. In points of inflexion and conjugation Arabic resembles some of the American and Sanskrit languages. In other respects it is like the Chinese, which has no inflexion and conjugation. Arabic possesses a perfect vocabulary of roots which are comprehensive. Every possible subject can be expressed in Arabic by means of root words and there is nothing lacking in it. There is a perfect system that runs throughout the language and it is very well related. Words are pregnant with meanings and a few words express what another language will do in a far greater number of words. The finest of the most delicate shades of feeling can be beautifully expressed