Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: An haifi William Jones a London a Beaufort Buildings, Westminster; mahaifinsa William Jones (1675<unk>1749) masanin lissafi ne daga Anglesey a Wales, wanda aka sani don gabatar da amfani da alamar π. Matashi William Jones ya kasance mai ilimin harshe, wanda baya ga harsunansa na Ingilishi da Welsh, ya koyi Girkanci, Latin, Farisa, Larabci, Ibrananci da tushen rubutun Sinanci tun yana ƙarami. A ƙarshen rayuwarsa ya san harsuna takwas tare da cikakkiyar mahimmanci, yana da kyau a cikin wasu takwas, tare da ƙamus a hannu, kuma yana da ƙwarewa a cikin wasu goma sha biyu. Mahaifin Jones ya mutu lokacin da yake ɗan shekara uku, kuma mahaifiyarsa Mary Nix Jones ta tashe shi. An tura shi zuwa Makarantar Harrow a watan Satumbar 1753 sannan ya ci gaba zuwa Kwalejin Jami'ar, Oxford. Ya kammala karatunsa a can a 1768 kuma ya zama M.A. a 1773. An hana shi kudi, ya dauki matsayi na koyar da Ubangiji Althorp mai shekaru bakwai, dan Earl Spencer. Shekaru shida da suka biyo baya ya yi aiki a matsayin mai koyarwa da kuma mai fassara. A wannan lokacin ya wallafa Histoire de Nader Chah (1770), fassarar Faransanci na aikin da Mirza Mehdi Khan Astarabadi ya rubuta a Farisa. An yi wannan ne bisa bukatar Sarki Christian VII na Denmark: ya ziyarci Jones, wanda a lokacin yana da shekaru 24 ya riga ya sami suna a matsayin masanin gabas. Wannan zai zama na farko na ayyukan da yawa akan Farisa, Turkiyya, da Gabas ta Tsakiya gaba ɗaya.  Tambaya: Yaushe William Jones ya koyi dukkan harsunan da ya sani?
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