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Franz Bopp Quotes

1791–1867 Germany

Franz Bopp (; 14 September 1791 – 23 October 1867), sometimes anglicized as Francis Bopp, was a German linguist known for extensive and pioneering comparative work on Indo-European languages.

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Languages must be taken as organic natural bodies which form themselves according to definite laws.

For what is more important and can be desired more urgently from the study of classical languages than the comparison of these with our mother tongue in its most ancient, most perfect form?”

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Franz Bopp (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.