Izydor z Sewilli o językach oraz ludach, które nimi się posługują (Etymologie 9, 1-2)
Isidore of Seville on Languages and Nations who Speak Them (Etymologies 9, 1-2)

Summary/Abstract: The ninth book of Isidore’s Etymologies contains data on linguistics, ethnography, history, social sciences and law. Its main protagonist is a man as an animal sociale. Its central theme are social relations, created by a man, while fulfilling his main vocation as a relational being, open to other persons, in need of them to achieve his fullness. Isidore considers the language to be the most important tool of human communication and the fundamental factor in creating human community. He draws the origins of nations from their languages and describes their beginnings, history, habits and customs in the most extensive chapter of the book. He pays special interest to Romans, in whose history he recognizes his and his compatriots’ cultural roots.

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