If we possessed a perfect pedigree of mankind, a genealogical arrangement of the races of man would afford the best classification of the various languages now spoken throughout the world; and if all extinct languages, and all intermediate and slowly changing dialects, were to be included, such an arrangement would be the only possible one.
Gizateriaren genealogi zuhaitz oso-osoa bagenu, giza arrazen genealogi antolamenduak emanen liguke gaur egun munduan zehar mintzatzen diren hizkuntzen sailkapenik onena; eta hizkuntza hil guztiak eta astiro-astiro aldatuz doazen bitarteko dialekto guztiak sartu behar balira, horixe litzateke ordenamendu posible bakarra.