Sir William Jones, born in 1746, was undoubtedly (9) ………………………………… of the greatest linguists who ever lived. He had an amazing talent (10) ………………………………… languages and learnt several at a young age. By the time of his death, he had a thorough knowledge of 13 languages and knowledge of a further 28. Apart (11) ………………………………… studying languages, he also studied law and became a judge in India. He was fascinated by this vast subcontinent and wrote about Indian life. He also translated important works of Indian literature. Jones noticed (12) ………………………………… Sanskrit, a classical Indian language, was similar to Greek and Latin in a number of ways. The resemblance could not be a coincidence. Several other people (13) ………………………………… also noted similarities, but Jones was (14) ………………………………… first to suggest that these three languages had a common origin. He also suggested that they could be grouped together with other European and Asian languages into one family, known (15) ………………………………… Indo-European languages, which included English.