Aberdeen.
A local dialect of Scotland.
Abkhass,seeAbsne.
Abunda.
African: same asBunda. See Vocaby. in Douville’s “Voyage,” Paris, 1832.
Achaian.
A name for the ancient Greeks. ☞
Adamawa,seeHamarua.
Adang.
ADayakdialect of N. Borneo.P. J. V.SeeMurut.
Adima.
Name for the servile class of Malabar; they have a dialect peculiar to themselves.W. E.
Adiyar.
A sub-dialect ofDravidianorigin, spoken by aborigines of Malabar.W. E.
Akhwash.
Caucasian: likeAndi, but with peculiar numerals.H. C.
Americanisms.
Name for Transatlantic idioms ofEnglish. See Webster’s Dicty., various editions: Bartlett’s Glossary, London, 1859.
Amoy.
An important dialect ofChinese; see “Manual,” by Macgowan; Hong Khong, 1869.
Andalusian.
Romance: a sub-dialect ofSpanish.
Andhra.
An ancient kingdom and powerful dynasty in the Dekhan, now merely traditional: compare the Greek word ἀνδρος.
Anspach.
Teutonic: dialect ofHigh-German. See “Jnl. Für Deutschland,” 1789.
Antilles.
Americanof the W. Indies. See “Histoire des Iles Antilles,” &c. Rotterdam, 1681.
Appenzell.
Teutonic: dialect ofHigh-German. See Tobler: “A: Sprachschatz,” Zürich, 1837.
Arayans,Araans.
Important hill tribe of Travancore, called Malai-arasar, “Hill kings;” they speak a dialect ofTamulorMalayalim.W. E.
Arragonese.
A provincial dialect ofSpanish.