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The Muhammadans divide the world into seven climes, and suppose that a constellation presides over the destiny of each clime. A novice in the language would say, "Here a distinction seems to be drawn between the words zaban and jibh. Both signify 'tongue, but the former applies to men and the latter to animals." To this profound bit of criticism I should reply Not so fast, Mr.
Jibh, in Hindi and Hindustani, means the tongue only in the sense of the member of the body, never in the sense of speech; hence it is equally applicable to man or brute.
Ask any physician who has practised in India the Hindustani for "show the tongue," he will tell you jibh dikla,o, or zaban dikla,o; and if he was a man of discernment, he would use jibh with a Hindu, and zaban with a Musalman; but I believe he would be perfectly understood, whichever word he used to either party.
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