Chapter 31

Lacondona.

American: a language of Verapaz.H. C.

Laktho.

Indo-Chinese: a dialect ofAnnamitic.

Lamurek.

Malayan: a dialect of Ulea, grouped with the Carolines.

Landoro.

African: a language said to beMandingo. Vocaby. in “Polyglotta Africana.”H. C.

Leicestershire.

A dialect of England. Glossary by Dr. Evans.W. W. S.

Lekhian.

Slavonic: a name for the old language of Poland.G. R.

Leuvuche.

American: tribe of Puelche, on the boundary of Chili.

Lincolnshire.

A dialect of England. Glossary by Brogden.W. W. S.

Lingua Franca.

Mixed dialect, said to be used in the Levant, but where I never met with it.H. C.

Lingua de Si.

A name forItalian. (“Si” = “yes.”)

Lohitic.

A class name for the languages spoken in the valley of the Lohita or Brahmaputra, east of the peninsula of Hindustan. See Bunsen: “Philosophy of History,” vol. iii., pp. 371-386.G. R.

Lonsdale.

A sub-dialect of Lancashire. See “Glossary of the Hundred of Lonsdale,” by R. B. Peacock (Phil. Soc.), London, 1869.W. W. S.

Lower California.

American: the Fico appear to be the same as the Peco or Pico, who are Yemes, and are classed as Pueblo Indians. Dr. Latham suggests that they are identical with the Ika. Vocaby. by Simpson Washington, 1850.

Luri,seeLori.

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