Frey Henri. L'annamite, mère des langues: communauté d'origine des races celtiques, sémitiques, soudanaises et de l'Indo-Chine

Paris: Hachette et al, 1892. — 248 p.Language (s): FrenchThe Vietnamese language having this peculiarity of possessing, even nowadays, in the state of monosyllables, that is to say, a state close to their primitive state, the elements which served for the general constitution of the different languages, the germs, in a sense, from which these latter are derived, we believe ourselves authorized to attribute to it, by reason of this peculiarity, the liter of mother of tongues.
This important role which we assign to the Vietnamese language seems to us to be entirely justified; we have the conviction that a comparative and in-depth study of the radicals of this language, as might be of learned linguists, would open a fertile field of new observations, would give the key to a number of philological problems left unresolved until now, for example questions relating to the etymology of the proper names used in all languages. It would also provide very useful indications for the history of origins, religions, as well as for the common history of the races of the globe, especially for that of the peoples of antiquity and, in particular, of India.Similarities of Vietnamese words and words of Wolof, Serer, Fulani and Soninke
Similarities of words of the languages Son-rai, Mande, etc., and Vietnamese language words
Origin of Mande, Fula, Egyptians, Berbers, Moors, Gaul, etc.
Hypothetical presentation of some major human migrations
Similarities of Eskimo words and Vietnamese or Sudanese words
Ibériens, Berbères, Bretons, Basques, etc.
Similarities of Vietnamese and Slavonic dialect words
Similarities of Vietnamese words and dialects from Central Africa
Etymology research of a few words from different languages
Similarities of Vietnamese language words and Breton and Hebrew language words
A few words on the comparative grammar of the Vietnamese, Malay and Sudanese languagesAPPENDIX I Some General Considerations on the Science of Language
ANNEX II Grammatical comparisons between the Vietnamese language and the languages Wolof, Soninke, Soninke, Fulani and Serer