Cingalese.
The predominant dialect of Ceylon, based upon Sanskrit; and apparently formed by the admixture of Pali, a Sanskritic dialect, with the original agglutinative languages. Grammar by De Alwis, Colombo, 1852.
Circassian.
A dialect of the Caucasus, divided into Adigé and Absné. The native term is Tscherkess. Dicty. by Loewe, London, 1854.
Clallam.
A native dialect of N. America. Vocaby. by Gibbs, N. York, 1863.
Clamets, see [Lutuami].
Classification.
A term used for the methods adopted of sorting languages, and arranging them in families, groups, and divisions, by their real or supposed affinities.
⁂ The following simple table is proposed by Prof. Steinthal.