In the regions of greatest linguistic mixture is the greatest heterogeneity of cephalic index.
It is on this basis of sentential elements that Powell has arranged the linguistic families of North America.
Only the latter, however, offered any linguistic evidence.
The line of fortresses protecting Austria from Italy lies in some places well back from the political boundary, but just inside the linguistic frontier, so as to separate the German and Italian races occupying Austrian territory.
In 14 other counties, on the linguistic frontier, they are either in a small majority or a considerable minority (61.6% in Szatmar, 18.9% in Torontal).