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Tshihaili.

American: division of the Atnah, Selish or Flat-head Indians; but Hale combines them all in one large group asTsihaili-Selish. See “U. S. Ex. Expedition,” Philadelphia, 1846. ☞

Tshinuk.

American: a form ofChinook.SeeWatlala.

Tshnagmjut.

American: same asKuskokiwimes.

Tshokoyem.

American: dialect of U. California; classed asDieguno, and known as the San Raphael Mission.

Tshuktshi,Tchuktchi(Tchutchus).

(1) Same as the ReindeerKoriaksof Kamtschatka.

(2) Dialects ofEskimo, spoken in Asia; the people are called Tshuktshi Nos or Noss, more properly Namollo.

Tshulim.

Alatyan:Turkishdialect, almost identical withBarabaorBarabinski.

Tshuvash,underTschu.

Tsihaili,underTshi.

Tsikanne,underS.

Tsoneka.

American: Patagonian tribe of Tierra del Fuego.SeeTekeenika.

Tsongeisth.

American:Cowichandialect of Vancouver Island.

Ttynai,seeTnaina.

Tuapoca.

American:Caribof the lower Orinoco, closely allied toGalibi. See Trübner’s “Ludewig,” p. 28.

Tuarik,Towarek.

Sub-Semitic:Berberdialect of the W. Sahara. Also calledTemahuq. Grammar by Freeman, London, 1862.

Tubar.

American: dialect of Sinaloa, somewhat allied toTarahumaraandTepeguana.

Tucano.

American: Indians of the Uapes, allied toCobeu, and classed by Von Martius asJuri. Vocaby. by Wallace.

Tucuman,seeKalchaqui.

Tuda.

Dravidian:Canaresedialect of the Nilgerries. See Caldwell’s Comparative Grammar.SeeToda.

Tudesque.

Frenchword; it is put forTudesco, the Italian form ofDeutsch, applied toHigh-German.

Tuker.

Polynesian: dialect of the Carolines.

T’uk’iu.

Chineseform of the word Turk. (Klaproth.)

Tuklave,seeTakeli.

Tukpa,seeTookpa.

Tulare.

American: Californian Indians of Lake Tulare. It is somewhat allied toCoconoons.

Tularena.

American: dialect of Costa-Rica.

TuluorTuluva.

Dravidian: a dialect of theTamulicclass, closely allied toTamil,Telugu,Canarese, andMalayalim.SeeCaldwell’s Comp. Grammar.

Tulucar.

That is, “Ari-tulucar;”Tamilname for the Thugs.

Tumgarsee.

American: dialect ofKolush.SeeTunghasse.

Tummimioi,seeTamoiae.

Tumu.

African: dialect of the Gaboon, closely allied toNdob.

Tung-Mru.

Indo-Chinese: “hill-men” of Arrakan.

Tungaas,Tunghasse.

American: spoken in S. of Prince of Wales’ Archipelago, and sometimes classed asSitka.

Tungoos,Tungusian,Tungan.

Alatyan: rude dialects ofManchuspoken in Siberia; divisions are calledChapogir,Orotong-Tungus, andLamut. Grundzüge by Castrén, St. Petersburg, 1856.SeeDsungar.

⁂ Tunguska is the name of three rivers in Asiatic Russia.

Tunka,Tunkin.

Alatyan: dialect of Moghol, closely allied toSelenga. Small Vocaby. in Latham’s “Elements,” p. 84.SeeTonquin.

Tupi.

American: native language of Brazil, classed asGuarani. There are: (1) Tupinaba, Tupinamba, called Nations of the Rio Real, in the province of Sergipe. (2) Tupininquin, a nation of Espiritu Santo. (3) Tuppinamba, called the largest tribe in Maranhao and Gran Para. Dictionary by Dias, Leipsic. 1858: and Da Silva’s “Lingoa Geral.”

⁂ It is allied to theAgaw.H. C.

Tupuan.

Negrito: dialect ofPapuan.

Turaja.

Alfuruof Celebes.

Turanian.

Class-name, first suggested by D’Halloy for the agglutinative languages of Asia and Europe; including chiefly,FinandLap,Ugrian,Moghol,Turk,Tatar,Samoied. It has since been proposed to supersede it byAlatyan, orUral-Altaic. ☞

Turco-Greek.

Turkishwritten in characters of the Greek alphabet.

Turcomans,Turkomans.

Alatyan: general names for nomadic Turks of Central and Western Asia, of whom the Usbegs are the leading race.

⁂ The districts known as Turkestan, Mongolia, and Zungaria comprise Central Asia.

Turin.

Romance: provincial dialect ofItalian.

Turkee.

Name forTurkish-Tatar; also calledChantu. Grammar by Kasem-Bek, Kasan, 1839.

Turkish.

Alatyan: typical dialect ofTatar, as now written and spoken at Constantinople; original dialect of the Osmanli Turkomans. The modern Turks use the Arabic characters. Grammar and Dicty. by Redhouse, London.

Turkomans,seeTurcomans.

Turrubul.

District of Australia; a dialect of S. Queensland. Vocaby. by Ridley Sydney, 1866.

Turtles.

American: tribes of Algonkin; both Delaware (Unami) and Mohighan (Toon-paooh).

Turuchanski,Tawgi,Tawginski.

Ugrian: dialects ofSamoied. (Klaproth.)

Tuscan.

Romance: typical dialect of pureItalian. See Buommattei: “Della Lingua Toscana,” Venetia 1735.

Tuscarora.

American: Iroquois dialect of N. Carolina, closely allied toNottoway.

Tusch,Tushi.

Caucasian: dialect of the Tshetshentes, on the Georgian frontier. “Versuch,” &c., by Schiefner, St. Petersburg, 1856.

Tusci,Tosk.

Same asEtruscan.SeeRas.

Tuteloes.

American: same asMeherrins; classed in Jülg’s edition of “Vater” as Irokese of Virginia.

Tu-Toyer.

French term for making use of familiar speech.

Tutuila.

Polynesian: dialect of the Navigator’s Islands.

Tver.

Ugrian: dialect ofFin, spoken in Russia.

Tymski,seeTomski.

Tynteeas.

Indian: savage tribes E. of Bengal.

Tyrolese.

Teutonic: classed asHigh-German.SeeKitzbuhel.

Tzakonian.

Hellenic: dialect of modernGreek, spoken in the Gulf of Nauplia (Laconia), and at Mount Taygetus. Tract by Deville, “Le Dialecte Tzaconien.”

Tzeckish,seeBohemian.

Tzendale,seeCeldales.


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