Macao.
Chinese: commercial dialect of Macao and Canton. Vocaby. 1824.
Mahabhrata,Mahabharatam.
Sanskrit: name of the great Indian epic, treating of early mythology.
Manche.
American: a dialect of theMayaclass.H. C.
Mangasejan.
Ugrian:Samoieddialect of the northern stem (Klaproth).
Mano.
African: dialect of theMandingoclass. See “Polyg. Afr.”H. C.
Marahuas.
American: Tupi Indians of Brazil.
Mararit.
African: a dialect allied toTama.H. C.
Maroon.
Spanishword: cimaron, simaron (“sima,” “a cavern”; “cimarron,” “wild”), applied to runaway slaves or escaped negroes.
Marsian.
An early Italic dialect, closely allied to theVolscian, known only from inscriptions. Mommsen: “Unteritalische Dialekte,” Leipzig, 1851.G. R.
Massowa.
African: dialect ofGafat. Mithridates, v. 432.H. C.
Mbarike,Mbe,Mbofon.
African: dialects of the Gaboon.
Menagon.
African: a dialect allied toMararit.H. C.
Messapian.
A dialect of ancient Italy, spoken in the Calabrian peninsula. It is known to us only by inscriptions and a few glosses, which show it to beIndo-European, and not very unlikeGreek. See Mommsen: “Unteritalische Dialekte,” Leipzig, 1851.G. R.
Mikir,Muhu.
Assamese: allied dialects ofCachar.H. C.
Mimi.
African: spoken about 17° N. Lat.H. C.
Minahassa.
Alfuru dialects ofMenadoin Celebes.
⁂ Mr. De Clercq distinguishes eight dialects, viz.:Bantik,Bentenan,Ponosakan,Toumbulu,Toumpakewa,Toundano,Tounsawang, andTounsea, all of which differ so considerably that some scholars hold them to be distinct languages. They are spoken by about one hundred and twenty thousand people in the aggregate.P. J. V.
Momunds.
Tribe of Pathans, between the Swat and Cabul rivers.
Monju,seeMakua.
Morley.
Provincial dialect ofEnglish, spoken in Yorkshire. Vocaby. in Scatcherd’s “History,” London, 1830.
Muhu,seeMikir.
Muntu,seeMakua.
Murut.
Dyaktribe of N. Borneo, on the river Lembong. See St. John’s “Life in the Forests of the Far East,” vol. ii., ch. l.; Vocaby. of Adang, a settlement of the Muruts, appx., p. 407.P. J. V.
Muskonong.
American: Indians of theAlgonkin-Chippewaystem. See Jülg’s “Vater,” p. 13.