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.