Dankali (pl. Danakil).
A sub-dialect or division of Galla, spoken by the Danakil or Afers, an intrusive tribe located between the Red Sea and Abyssinia; the word “Afer” has been plausibly referred to as containing the lost root of the word “Africa;” most probably a variant of Kaffir; and “Dana,” taken speculatively, may be connected with the Greek legend of the alleged Danaan migration from Egypt, in pre-historic times. See Isenberg: “Vocabulary,” London, 1840.
Dano-Saxon, see [Anglian].
Darahi, see [Dahi].
Dard or Dardu.
A group of languages vernacular in Caubul, more especially on the mountainous tracts of the Paropamisan range; known also as Shina. Vocaby., &c., by Leitner. ☞
Darfur.
African; König: “Vocabulaire,” Paris, 1839; Perron: “Sheikh Mohammed’s Voyage,” Paris, 1845. See [Furian].
Darien.
American: spoken by aborigines in the Isthmus, so-called. ☞