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American: dialect of the Labrador Eskimos on the R. Kuskukwim. See Richardson’s “Arctic Expedition,” 2 vols., London, 1851.

Kusunda,Kuswar.

Older Dravidian: dialects of Nipal. Vocaby. in Hunter’s “Comp. Dicty.”

Kutani,seeKitunaha.

Kutchi,underC.

Kutshin.

American: dialect ofAthabascan, spoken by Loucheux Indians, on the shores of the Arctic Ocean.

Kutzo-Wallachian.

Italic: dialect ofRumanian, spoken to the S. of the Daco-Wallachian or Rouman area about Thrace, Macedonia, and Thessaly.

Kuznetsk.

Alatyan: a dialect ofTurkish, spoken in Siberia, classed by Dr. Latham as Turks of the Upper Tom; small Vocaby. in his “Elements,” p. 107.

Kuzzilbash.

Alatyan: a dialect ofTurkish, spoken in Persia; also calledKizilbash.

⁂ “Kizilbash” means “red-head;” it is a term applied to the Yurukhs and other mountain tribes, who are regarded as non-orthodox Mussalmans.H. C.

Kwaliokwa.

American: a dialect allied to the Tahkali or Carrier Indians, classed asAthabascan.

Kyrillic,underC.

Kyt’hi,Kaithi.

A cursive handwriting used by Hindoos of the N.W. provinces in B. India.


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