Quite a while back I toyed with the idea to learn Pali, mainly to better my understanding of the Pali suttas.The hurdle proved quickly to be pretty high, after I seemingly had learned Thai without much difficulty Pali confused me with endless grammatical rules; and not having anybody to speak to in daily life is another obstacle that was very detrimental on progress.
However, there are many resources online that can be utilized to learn Pali (especially for those who have no access to large libraries or an university campus like me currently); one of them, maybe more of historical interest, is A compendious Pali grammar by Benjamin Clough and William Tolfrey. It was published in 1824 which goes to show that interest in Buddhism and the Far East was already far developed in the West even then.
The books is available in 'Full View', eg completely free, at Google Books: here.
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