Waag.
Abyssinian; a name forHhamara,i.e., theAgaudialect of Lasta.
Waailatpu,Willatpoo.
American: same asCayus; spoken in Oregon to the S. of Lower Columbia R.
Waccoa.
American: same asWokkon; extinct dialect of N. Carolina.SeeWoccon.
Wacoe.
American: Pawnee Indians; the word is an English corruption of the SpanishHuecoapplied to theTallewitsu.
Wadey,Wadreagh.
Sub-Semitic; Berber races speakingTuarik.
Wahabees.
Name for Mohammedan sectaries or reformed Moslemim, a very fanatical body.
Wahitaho.
Polynesian; dialect of the Friendly Islands, allied toMayorga.
Wahkyecum,Wakaikam.
American: sub-division ofChinook.
Wahtani.
American: same asMandan.
Wahtohtani,Wahtoktak.
American: same asOto.
Waigiu.
Negrito:Papuandialect to the N.W. of New Guinea.
Waihu.
Polynesian: dialect of Easter Island.SeeTeapy.
Waikna.
American: dialect of the Mosquito coast.
Waikur,Waicuri.
American: also calledGuaicurandMonqui; language of Lower California with dialects known asAripeandCora.
Waisamu.
Malayan; dialect of Ceram.
Waiyamera,Woyawai.
American: dialects of British Guyana, classed by Schomburgk asCarib-Tamanaque.
Wakamba.
African: Kaffir dialect of theSuahiliclass.
Wakash.
American: same asYucuatl;AtnaorSelishdialect of Vancouver Is.; also calledNootkaorNutka. Vocaby. “Amer. Ethnol.” vol. ii.SeeTlaoquatsh.
Wakhi.
Tribes of Shiah-Mohammedans in Wakhan, Central Asia.
Walcheren.
Dutch: provincial dialect of Holland.
Waldensian,seeVaudois.
Waling.
Non-Aryan: language of theKirantigroup, E. Nipal. Vocaby. in Hunter’s “Comp. Dicty.”
Walla-Walla.
American: dialect of Sahaptin, closely allied toKliketat. Vocaby.: “Amer. Ethnol.” vol. ii.
Wallachian(Vlack).
Romance: a mingled dialect ofLatinandSlavonic, also calledRoumanorRumanyo. It is divided into (1) Northern dialect, calledDacianorDaco-Roman, spoken in Moldavia, Bessarabia, &c.; (2) South of the Danube, calledMacedo-orKutzo-Wallachian. The people called Rumanje are by some stated to be Thracians, by others Illyrians by descent, but the language is that of the Roman colonists settled in Dacia under the Emperor Trajan. They still use the oldCyrillicalphabet for liturgical purposes, but a more simplified character is in general use. Grammar by Iszer, Kronstadt, 1855; Dicty. by Cihao: “Dictionnaire d’Etymologie Daco-Romane,” Francfort, 1870.
⁂ This language has the peculiarity, like theBasque, of postposition of the article: thus, “ochiu’l (oculus ille)” = “the eye”; “omu’l” = “man the,” for “the man.” Farrar. ☞
Wallamette,underWi.
Wallis Islands.
Polynesian: same asUea.SeeLoyalty Is.
WallonorWalloon(Rouchi-Francais).
Romance:Frenchpatoisof Flanders and Belgium. Dicty. by Grandgagnage, Liége, 1845-50.SeeLiegeoise.
Wamma,Wammer.
Malayan: islands of the lesser Sunda group, peopled with Alfuru.SeeAroo.
Wanami.
American: same asUnami. Turtle-tribe of Delawares.
Wanat.
American: quoted in Jülg’s “Vater” asIrokese.
Wandamin.
Negrito:Papuandialect of New Guinea.
Wangerog.
Teutonic: sub-dialect ofFriesic. See Hœfer’s “Zeitschrift,” Berlin, 1845.
Wangpo.
Indian: dialect ofKunawari.
Wanica,Wanika,Wonica.
African: Kaffir dialect of theSuahiliclass.
Wanumbae,seeAroo.
Wapanachki.
American: form of the wordAbenaki.
Wapisiana(Wapisian,Wapityan).
American: dialect ofCarib, spoken in Demerara and Venezuela.
Wapisian-Parauana.
American: Schomburgk’s class name for a division of theCariblanguages of British Guyana.
Warachin,Waratshin.
Caucasian: chief dialect of theUde, on which Schiefner’s Grammar is founded.H. C.
Warow,Warrow.
American: unclassed language of British Guyana.
⁂ Spoken between the Orinoco, along the coast, and in the lowlands of the Delta. On the strength of these conditions the Warows have been described as people living on trees. They are good boatmen.R. G. L.
Warsau.
African: dialect of the Gold Coast.
Wasco,seeChinook.
Washa,Wawah,Wawash.
American: names for theOsage.
Washington Is.,seeMarquesan.
Watelei,seeAroo.
Watialaiset,Watlandic.
Tschudic:Findialect, much Teutonized.
Watie,Watje.
African: dialect of theManaclass.
Watlaka,Watlala(Cascade Indians).
American: dialect ofAtnaorSelish, known asUpper Chinook, Vocaby. in “Amer. Ethnol.,” vol. ii.
Wattasun.
American:Mandanname for the Black-shoe tribe of Crows.SeeUpsaroka.
Wawu.
African:Nigritiandialect adjoining Dahomey.
Wayapo.
Malayan: dialect of Booro. Vocaby. by Wallace.
Wea.
American:Algonkinof the Illinois division, and closely allied toPiankeshaw. See Primer, “Cherokee Mission Press,” 1837.
Wee-o-how,seeShasta.
Weitspek,Weiyot,Wishosk.
American: Indians of N.W. California, on the Clamat, and somewhat allied toTsamak.
Wellington.
Australian: dialect ofKamilaroi.
Welsh(Cymraeg).
Celtic: pre-Roman dialect of Britain, closely allied toArmoricanor Bas-Breton, toCornish, the extinct dialect of Cornwall, and still spoken by the Cymru, natives of the principality of Wales in Great Britain. It is a language of the same class asErseorIrish,GaelicandManx, but more largely influenced byLatin. Grammars by Rowland, 3rd ed., Bala, 1864; and Spurrell, 1870; Dictys. by Evans, Pughe, Pryse, Richards, and Spurrell.
Wendic,Wendish.
(1) Same asSlavo-WendicorLetto-Slavonic; class-name for combined stem of languages comprisingOld-Prussianand its varieties, with others of theSlavonicfamily.
(2) Same asSorbo-Wendic; also calledSorabic, orSorbian, the language of Lusatia, N. Germany. They use theGermancharacter. Grammar by Jordan, Prag, 1841; by Schmaler, Bautzen, 1852; Dicty. by Zwahr, Spremberg, 1846-7.SeeWinidi.
West Indies.
Long extinct; a few words only are known, taken from the language of St. Domingo.SeeTaino.
Westmoreland.
Provincial dialect of England. Glossaries by Wheeler and Gough.
Westphalian.
Teutonic: classed asLow-German.
Wetter.
Malayan: a small island of the Timor group, peopled with Alfuru.
Whidah,Widah(Atye).
African: also calledFidah;Nigritiandialect of Guinea; it is allied toDahomeyand toCarib.H. C.SeeJuda.
White-Russian.
Slavonic: dialects of the governments of Smolensko and Moghilov. It has no literature, except the Lithuanic Code.
Widah,seeWhidah.
Wien,seeViennaise.
Wihinasht,Wihinast.
American: Western Shoshones; Snake Indians of Texas. Vocaby.: “Amer. Ethnol.,” vol. ii.
Willamet,Wallamette.
American: Indians of Oregon, closely allied toCayuse. Vocaby. “Amer. Ethnol.,” vol. ii.
Wiltshire,Wilts.
Provincial dialect of Wiltshire in England. Glossary by Akerman.
Wiltzian.
Slavonic. Same asLuitizian.
Windic.
Slavonic:Sloveniandialect of Windismark (Styria, Carinthia, and Carniola) in Austria.
Winebago.
American: also calledNippegon;Siouxdialect of Wisconsin. Vocaby.: “Amer. Ethnol.,” vol. ii.
Wiradurei.
Australian: dialect of Kamilaroi, spoken near the N. border of N.S. Wales. Mr. Horatio Hale found “o” repeated sixty-seven times to six of “u.”J. B.
Wishosk,seeWeitspek.
Witchita,Witshita.
American: dialect of Texas, spoken on the Red R., and classed asPawnee.
Witouro.
Australian: Kamilaroi dialect, allied toWiradurei, spoken N. of Adelaide. See Eyre’s “Journals,” London, 1845.
Wlachish,seeWallachian.
Woccon,Wokkon(Waccoa).
American: primitive dialect of N. Carolina.
⁂ Along with Catawba, they are the best representatives of the native population. This is indicated because the Pamticoughs and the Tuscaroras, with whom they are associated in respect to their geography, are intrusive. From both of these the Woccon and Katawba are widely separated, and (as far as we are informed by our scanty data) they are, as separate languages, divided from one another. Each is known from a single specimen, viz.: that of Lawson, &c., London, 1709. Both the Woccon and the Catawba have long been extinct.R. G. L.
Woddowrong.
Australian: allied toKoligon; spoken to E. of Lake Colac, Victoria. See Eyre’s “Journals,” London, 1845.
Wogul,Wogulian,underV.
Wokan,Wokkam.
Malayan: island of the lesser Sunda group.SeeAroo.
Wokkon,seeWoccon.
Wolaitsa,Woraitsa,Worratta.
African: dialects of theGongaclass, spoken in Abyssinia, about 10° N.L., and allied toKaffa.SeeYangaro.
Wolaroi.
Australian: district distinguished by a dialectical variation of speech.
Wolf Indians.
American: tribes of Delawares (called Minsi), and Mohigans (called Mech-chaooh).
Wollondilly.
Australian: river name.
Wolof(Ouolofe).
African: dialect of Senegambia. Grammar by Boilat, Paris, 1858; Dicty. by Dard, Dakar, 1855.SeeJalloof.
Woolwa,Wulwa.
American: tribe on R. Mico, Honduras, speaking theChontaleslanguage; called Caribs by the Spaniards. They “have themselves a vague tradition that they came originally from the shores of Lake Managua.” Squier, &c.R. G. L.
Woratta,seeWolaitsa.
Wotagian,Wotiak.
Tschudic: dialect spoken by the Ugrians of Viatka (Votiaks) in Russia, classed asPermian Fins. See Gabelentz in Höfer’s “Zeitschr,” Berlin, 1845.
Woyawai,seeWaiyamera.
Wuch,seeMoultani.
Wugi,seeBugis.
Wulwa,seeWoolwa.
Wun.
African:Nigritiandialect of Timbuctoo.
Wurgelah.
Sub-Semitic: Berber race speakingTuarik.
Wyago.
Malayan: Dyak fishermen of Borneo.SeeBajau.
Wyandot.
American: same asHuron; Mohawk Indians classed as Huron-Iroquois. It is spoken at Caughnawaga, near Montreal in Canada.