Chapter 49

Tacullie.

American: same asTakulli. The name ofTah-cullymeans “deep-water Indians.”

Tantras.

Works ofHinduritual, adopted or modified by Buddhists.

Tauan.

Negrito: Taua is a small island near New Guinea, the inhabitants of which speakPapuan.W. G.

Tayung.

Assam; said to be a dialect ofMishmiand likeMijhu, but dissimilar and presenting some remarkable peculiarities.H. C.

Tedesco,seeTudesque.

TeetsorHaitlin.

American: Indians of Frazer River; also calledSa-chinco, or “Strangers.”

Tene.

African: aMandingovocabulary in “Polyglotta Africana.”H. C.

Tientsin.

Chinese: local dialect of the port of Pekin.

Toumbulu,     }Toumpakewa, }Toundano,     }seeMinahassa.Tounsawang, }Tounsea.        }

Trovatore.

Italian form of “Troubadour;” the Trovatori used theLingua de Si.

Tshagatai.

Same asTsagatai. A recent writer states that the language described by Professor Vambery asCagataicis the dialect of Kashgar.

Tunganis.

Chinese rebels.

Turko-Armenian.

Turkish: written in characters of the Armenian alphabet.

Turko-Tatar.

Term applied to the EasternTurkishlanguages.


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