U.
Uainambeu.
American: same as Mauhe; a dialect of the Rio Negro, spoken by the Humming-Bird Indians, and somewhat allied to the Barree. See [Juri].
Ualan, see [Ulea].
Uara, Uaraca.
American: dialects of Tamanaque, spoken by the Uara-Mukuru and the Uaraca-Paccili.
Ucayale.
American: dialects localised upon the course of river so named. See [Cocama].
Uchee, Uchi.
American: tribe of Creek Indians; it is now spoken in Florida, originally of Louisiana. Vocaby. “Amer. Ethnol.,” vol. ii.
Ude.
Caucasian: same as Colchian. Herodotus (Book ii.) thought the Colchians were an offshoot of the Egyptians planted by Sesostris. The Bzyb is its best known dialect. It is allied to Egyptian and Coptic. See Papers of “Anthrop. Instit.”; Schiefner’s Grammar. H. C.
Udom.
African: dialect of the Gaboon, closely allied to Mbofia.
Udorian.
Alatyan: Ugrian dialect of Udorsk; “Uhdmurd,” “free people.”
Udso.
African: dialect of Bonny.
Uea.
Polynesian: dialect of the Loyalty group, also spoken in Wallis’s Island.
Ugalenzi.
American: Kolush dialect of Mount Elias.
Ugaljachmutzi.
American: Athabascan; classed as Kinai.
Ugor, Ugrian, Uralian.
Chudic: a sub-division of the Turanian family of languages, comprising Fin, Hungarian or Magyar, Ostiak, Vogul or Wogul, and the non-Slavonic Bulgarian. It is also called Ugro-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 as Igur or Ighur; dialect of Turkish, a literary language spoken on the frontiers of Tibet and Mongolia. See “Uigurische Sprachmonumente,” &c., by Vambery, Innsbruck, 1870. See [Hor].
Uju, see [Aroo].
Ukah, Ukagir.
Turanian: Koriak dialect of Kamtschatka.
Ukahipu, see [Kikkapu].
Ukrainian.
Slavonic: dialect of Little Russia.
Ukuafi.
African: dialect of Suahili. The people are called “A-kabi,” singular; “Wa-kabi,” plural; and Dr. Latham suggests that Ukuafi and Kekuafi are verbal mutations of Eloikob, 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 as Soiot.
Ulm.
Teutonic: classed as High-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 to Latin, Oscan, &c. See Schleicher’s “Chrestomathie,” and Mommsen’s “Unteritalischen Dialekte.”
Umkwa, Umpqua.
American: dialect of U. California, classed as Athabascan. 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 as Troglodytes.
Unalachtgo.
American: Turkey tribe 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 the Eskimo must be most especially sought for. R. G. L.
Unami, see [Wanami].
Unataquas.
American: Indians of Texas; same as Andarcos.
Unchagog, Untchagog.
American: Shinicook Indians of Long Island.
Uncial.
Palæographic: from “uncia,” “an inch;” name for large letters; size of “capitals.”
Undaza.
African: dialect of the Gaboon; somewhat allied to Ndob.
Ungarn.
Teutonic: High-German dialect of Hungary.
⁂ Ungarn is the German form 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 [441-453 A.D.], who were of Tatar race, or from the Magyars, who are Ugrians of Jugoria, a Finnish race [889-955 A.D.]
Uniya.
Tibetan: a local dialect of Bhot, spoken in the district of the Dalai Lama.
Unso.
Caucasian: same as Dido; a sub-dialect of Lesghian.
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 as Cunacuna.
Ural-Altaic.
Class-name: same as Alatyan. Term for the great Turkish branch of the Turanian family of languages, including Tatar, Moghol, Manchu, &c.
Uralian, see [Ugor].
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 to Hindostani. See [Horde].
Uriangchai, see [Ulianghai].
Uriya, see [Orissa].
Usbeg, Uzbek (Oezbeg).
Alatyan: dominant race of Turkestan; closely allied to Kirghiz, and also called Turkish-Tatar.
Ustsyssola.
Chudic: sub-dialect of Ugrian.
Uta, Utah.
American: dialect of U. California, classed as Paducan, and closely allied to Comanche.
⁂ It belongs to the Pygmean, and is allied to Mincopie, Kariri, Sabuyah, Gonga, &c. H. C.
Utagami.
American: same as Ottogami; tribe of Saki or Fox-Indians.
Utanata.
Negrito: Papuan dialect of New Guinea, closely allied to Lobo.
Utharabee.
Indo-Chinese: dialect of Kunawar.
Uvea.
Polynesian: dialect of the Loyalty group.