Uainambeu.
American: same asMauhe; a dialect of the Rio Negro, spoken by the Humming-Bird Indians, and somewhat allied to theBarree.SeeJuri.
Ualan,seeUlea.
Uara,Uaraca.
American: dialects ofTamanaque, spoken by the Uara-Mukuru and the Uaraca-Paccili.
Ucayale.
American: dialects localised upon the course of river so named.SeeCocama.
Uchee,Uchi.
American: tribe of Creek Indians; it is now spoken in Florida, originally of Louisiana. Vocaby. “Amer. Ethnol.,” vol. ii.
Ude.
Caucasian: same asColchian. Herodotus (Book ii.) thought the Colchians were an offshoot of the Egyptians planted by Sesostris. TheBzybis its best known dialect. It is allied toEgyptianandCoptic. See Papers of “Anthrop. Instit.”; Schiefner’s Grammar.H. C.
Udom.
African: dialect of the Gaboon, closely allied toMbofia.
Udorian.
Alatyan: Ugrian dialect of Udorsk; “Uhdmurd,” “free people.”
Udso.
African: dialect ofBonny.
Uea.
Polynesian: dialect of the Loyalty group, also spoken in Wallis’s Island.
Ugalenzi.
American:Kolushdialect of Mount Elias.
Ugaljachmutzi.
American: Athabascan; classed asKinai.
Ugor,Ugrian,Uralian.
Chudic: a sub-division of theTuranianfamily of languages, comprisingFin,HungarianorMagyar,Ostiak,VogulorWogul, and the non-SlavonicBulgarian. It is also calledUgro-Tartarian.
Ugor(2).
Melanesian: island in the Papuan group; mixed dialect.W. G.
Uhobo.
African: quoted in Jülg’s edition of “Vater” from Kilham’s specimens.
Uigur.
Alatyan: same asIgurorIghur; dialect ofTurkish, a literary language spoken on the frontiers of Tibet and Mongolia. See “Uigurische Sprachmonumente,” &c., by Vambery, Innsbruck, 1870.SeeHor.
Uju,seeAroo.
Ukah,Ukagir.
Turanian:Koriakdialect of Kamtschatka.
Ukahipu,seeKikkapu.
Ukrainian.
Slavonic: dialect of Little Russia.
Ukuafi.
African: dialect ofSuahili. The people are called “A-kabi,” singular; “Wa-kabi,” plural; and Dr. Latham suggests that Ukuafi and Kekuafi are verbal mutations ofEloikob, the native name. See “Elements,” &c., p. 545.
⁂ It occurs within the Kaffir area, but is not so manifestly Kaffir as its neighbours.R. G. L.
Ulea,Uala.
Polynesian: dialect of the Carolines.
Ulianghai,Uriangchai.
Ugrian: same asSoiot.
Ulm.
Teutonic: classed asHigh-German.
Ulu.
Malayan: dialect of Sumatra.
Ulut(Olot).
Moghol:Kalmuck: dialect of Dzungaria.
Umbrian.
Extinct dialect of ancient Italy, known only from inscriptions, and allied toLatin,Oscan, &c. See Schleicher’s “Chrestomathie,” and Mommsen’s “Unteritalischen Dialekte.”
Umkwa,Umpqua.
American: dialect of U. California, classed asAthabascan. Vocaby. “Amer. Ethnol.,” vol. ii.
Umlaut.
German term: “vowel change,” modification of meaning, due to the change of a vowel.
⁂ Rückumlaut means the return to a sound that has undergone the change called “umlaut.”
Umma-ra.
African: tribe of Adareb, classed asTroglodytes.
Unalachtgo.
American:Turkeytribe of Lenni-Lennape.
Unalaskhan.
American: the largest of the Fox Islands of the Aleutian chain, running from Kamtschatka, in Asia, to the Peninsula of Alaska, in America; and, indeed, the largest and the most representative island of the whole group. It is in this language that the Asiatic affinities of theEskimomust be most especially sought for.R. G. L.
Unami,seeWanami.
Unataquas.
American: Indians of Texas; same asAndarcos.
Unchagog,Untchagog.
American:ShinicookIndians of Long Island.
Uncial.
Palæographic: from “uncia,” “an inch;” name for large letters; size of “capitals.”
Undaza.
African: dialect of the Gaboon; somewhat allied toNdob.
Ungarn.
Teutonic:High-Germandialect of Hungary.
⁂ Ungarn is theGermanform of Ungri or Vingour, equivalent to Hun; but there is no clear proof whether Hungary has been named from the Huns of Attila’s era [441-453A.D.], who were ofTatarrace, or from the Magyars, who are Ugrians of Jugoria, aFinnishrace [889-955A.D.]
Uniya.
Tibetan: a local dialect ofBhot, spoken in the district of the Dalai Lama.
Unso.
Caucasian: same as Dido; a sub-dialect ofLesghian.
Uolaroi.
Australian: dialect at Bulgora, through part of Queensland to Murrurundi, on by Hunter River (Rev. W. Ridley).J. B.
Upsaroka.
American: native name for the Crow Indians; they are divided into (1) Kikatsa, (2) Ahnahaways (Black-shoes), (3) Allakaweah (Paunch Indians).
Urabae.
American: aborigines of Darien, classed asCunacuna.
Ural-Altaic.
Class-name: same asAlatyan. Term for the great Turkish branch of the Turanian family of languages, includingTatar,Moghol,Manchu, &c.
Uralian,seeUgor.
Uraon.
Dravidian: dialect of central India. Vocaby. in Hunter’s “Comp. Dicty.”
Urdu.
Word for army or camp. (1) Urdu-mualla-ki-zaban, “Court-language.” (2) Urdu-zaban, “camp lingo,” applied toHindostani.SeeHorde.
Uriangchai,seeUlianghai.
Uriya,seeOrissa.
Usbeg,Uzbek(Oezbeg).
Alatyan: dominant race of Turkestan; closely allied toKirghiz, and also calledTurkish-Tatar.
Ustsyssola.
Chudic: sub-dialect ofUgrian.
Uta,Utah.
American: dialect of U. California, classed asPaducan, and closely allied toComanche.
⁂ It belongs to thePygmean, and is allied toMincopie,Kariri,Sabuyah,Gonga, &c.H. C.
Utagami.
American: same asOttogami; tribe of Saki or Fox-Indians.
Utanata.
Negrito:Papuandialect of New Guinea, closely allied toLobo.
Utharabee.
Indo-Chinese: dialect ofKunawar.
Uvea.
Polynesian: dialect of the Loyalty group.