across the whole breadth, nearly, of the middle region of the continent of A sia, impinging into Europe, even, in theO ttoman provinces, and also, inS outhern Russia, up to the frontiers of the old kingdom of Poland. The Ottoman language is, in its grammar and vocabulary, fundamentally Turkish. It has, however, adopted, and continues more and more to adopt, as required, a vast number of A rabic, Persian, and foreign words (G reek, A rmenian, Slavonic, Hungarian, I talian, French, English, c.), together with the use of a few of the grammatical rules of the A rabic and Persian, which are given as Turkish rules in the following pages, their origin being in each case specified.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org

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