| BURTON'S LANGUAGES |
| It's so often said that Burton spoke more than two dozen languages - and many more dialects. It is therefore interesting to try to compile a list of just which languages these were. Here is my list, please feel free to criticize or add to it! Below, a total of 29 languages are proposed. |
| EUROPEAN |
| English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Portugese, Icelandic, Greek |
| MIDDLE EASTERN |
| Arabic, Farsi, Turkish |
| INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT |
| Hindustani, Gujerati, Maratha, Pushtu, Jataki, Urdu |
| EAST AFRICAN |
| Soumali, Swahili, Amharic |
| WEST AFRICAN |
| Yoruba, Fan, Egba, Ashanti |
| ARCHAIC |
| Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Sanskrit, Aramaic |