African: dialect of the Mozambique.
Dembea.
Semitic: sub-dialect of Amharic.
Demotic. (“Of the people.”)
A name for the most cursive writing of ancient Egypt; also called Enchorial.
⁂ It is written invariably from right to left, and has been derived from the primitive hieroglyphic. The earliest known employment of it was in the 7th century before Christ. See Brugsch: “Grammaire Démotique,” Berlin, 1855. G. R.
Denka (1).
Turanian; a name for the Odh or Sable Ostiaks.
Denka (2).
African: called also Dinka; it is spoken in Kordofan, and is allied to Shilluk. See vocabulary in Rüppel: “Reise in Abyssinien,” 2 vols., Frankfort, 1838-40.