Theos-Talk Archives (July 2005 Message tt00185)

July 25th 2005

Etzion:

Re: Language S D II 199

AGGLUTINATIVE -- You quote correctly the dictionary.  

That word "agglutinative" seems to imply that some words are made up of
others, as also of sounds used in other languages.  

HPB says there that this applies to the origins of "Atlantan" pre-historic
Sanskrit {Rakshasi Bhasa} "Rakshasa speech." {Areas: Polynesia, N.
American "Indian" tribes.} Much of this was destroyed long ago by
catastrophic deluges and earthquakes.  

Look at the 1st category: Monosyllabic speech. These were largely vowel
sounds mixed with hard consonants here and there. (p. 199) 

If drawn together in the course of time, the 2nd category "agglutinative"
can be understood to emerge. Onamotopoeic words are examples of this, as
those words have sounds that imitate natural sounds -- soughing of the wind,
clashing of cymbals, reverberation of drums, sussurus, and animal and bird
sounds, like roar of the tiger, or the bleat of a lamb, cuckoo, cawing,
tweet, of birds., the rush of waters, the splash of a cataract, etc.

Also consider in our immediate history, we have some continuing examples of
this. When 2 or more languages are melded together by usage or imposition,
due to trade or war, a third: cross-language emerges. In this way, during
the last 50 years, English has become almost a World-wide language. And
there are dozens of ways of pronouncing English when it is touched by local
dialects and habits of speech. 

In this connection an unspoken language of expressive gestures has
developed, not only for the deaf and dumb, but among vastly separate tribes
and cultures -- for instance an American Indian can speak with an Arab
tribesman by gestures alone. {I have been told of at least one instance of
this.}

Remember that many invasions have filtered through many lands, particularly
in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, which is the cross-roads between
Asia, Europe and Africa. 

I know several Indian languages (with Sanskrit roots), and can thus say that
there is a cross fertilization, and an adapting of sounds and meanings
between them. 

THEOSOPHY teaches that India was invaded from Central Asia about 1 million
years ago by what is called the ARYAN (Noble) Race. The aboriginals of
India were those who speak Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and the Kanarese and
Tulu dialects of Mysore and the South Western and Eastern Ghats. These are
distinct from the Sanskrit and in South India have been preserved some of
the original Astronomical and Astrological books from the days of old
Atlantis. {See S D Vol. II -- Asuramaya}

Among those languages is Urdu, which is a amalgam or an agglutination of
Arabic, Aramaic, Farsi and Sanskrit based languages -- a kind of
lingua-franca in India and to some extent around that area and particularly
where historical Persian invasions penetrated.  

The Chinese based languages, including Tibetan, Mongolian, Turkish, Several
Central Asian tongues, Korean, Japanese, etc ... show a difference from the
Sanskrit based tongues, yet both great root languages, meet and meld around
the frontiers of these 2 great countries (Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines,
Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam) all with great antiquity in their past
and many cross fertilization currents due to wars and invasions. 

When I travelled in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and Lebanon I could hear Urdu
words used in their original settings -- so I was able to some extent follow
what was being said in another language.  

I also know French well, and understand Spanish and Italian to some extent
as well as some Latin roots -- so there again thanks to agglutination of
sounds and meanings the conversations I heard in their natural settings was
to some extent understood by me.  

Best wishes, 

Dallas
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Etzion 
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 9:46 AM
To: study@blavatsky.net
Subject: [bn-study] Help: SD volume 2, stanza 9

See:
http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/sd/sd2-1-10.htm

This is a question in English, or linguistics: agglutinative languages.
Never heard such an expression before. agglutinate means to bind together. 
How this relates to language? Etzion

CUT