Q.
Qamamyl, see [Quamamyl].
Qua.
African: dialect of Calabar. Vocabulary by Robertson, “Notes on Africa,” London, 1819.
Quabaily, under [Kabyle].
Quada, Quado.
American: dialect of Miranda, Brazil; same as Guato.
Quadroons.
Quarter-blood: issue of white and mulatto.
Quain or Quanian.
Tchudic: name used for that dialect of Fin, called also Norwegian-Laplandish; vernacular in Finmark, a portion of Lapland belonging to Sweden and Norway. It is the Norwegian and Swedish name for the northern half of the Gulf of Bothnia, and the name of the people is Kainulaiset.
Quaiquai.
African: same as Hottentot.
Quakwolth.
American: dialect of Vancouver Is., spoken N. of Nanaimo on the E. coast, and also by the Comoucs, but mixed with Cowichan at Port Augusta. R. B.
Quamamyl (Gamamyl).
African: a vocabulary under this name is given by Cailliaud, which seems to be the Fazoglo of Rüppell under an earlier name. R. G. L.
Quappa.
American: Sioux tribe of the Arkansas; dialect closely allied to Omaha.
Quaqua.
American: same as Mapoje.
Quaratshi.
Romany: Persian Gipsy.
Quedah.
Malayan: same as Semang-jan.
Queen Charlotte Cape.
Melanesian: a district of New Caledonia; the language is known as Baladea, but the name of Duaura has been proposed by Gabelentz.
Queen Charlotte’s Is.
American: The following races are found there: Cumshewar, Keesarn, Kigarnee, Massit, and Skittegat.
Quellimane.
African: dialect of the Mozambique.
Quengues.
American: same as Cayuga.
Queres, see [Keres].
Quiche, Kiche.
American: Maya language of Guatemala; dialects are Cachiquel and Sutugil. Grammar by De Bourbourg, Paris, 1862.
Quichua, Kechhua.
American: native dialect of Peru, formerly spoken by the Incas, and still vernacular along the W. course of the Andes. A dialect is called Chinchaysayo. Analogies with Sanskrit suggested by Lopez. Grammars by Markham, London, 1864; by Tschudi, Vienna, 1853.
⁂ Allied to Aymara, Panos, and Pacaguayra. H. C. ☞
Quintikuk.
American: tribe of Narraganset Indians.
Quito.
American: local dialect of Quichua.
Quoja.
African: short vocabulary for the delta of the Niger, probably the Ibo of R. Kwá. Mithridates iii., 1. R. G. L.