Alabama.
American. Derived from “Alibamon,” the original occupants of the modern State so called.
Alani.
A people originally settled in Eastern Europe and Western Asia, very powerful from about A.D. 75 to A.D. 461. They are now generally considered to have been of the Finnish stock, akin to the Ostiaks, Samoeids, and other races of Northern Asia. G. R.
Alarodii, see Urarda.
Alatyan.
A name used by Prof. Steinthal for the Ural-Altaic or Turanian languages.
Albanian.
The vernacular tongue of modern Albania, a maritime province of European Turkey, which answers to the ancient Epirus; the inhabitants are a mixed race, including Arnauts, who are probably descended from the ancient Illyrians, Greeks, and Turks. The ancient language, called old Illyrian, and closely allied to Greek, has become mingled with Slavonic, written in Greek characters. The native name of the Albanian dialect is Skipetar. Both terms mean “mountaineers.” The modern language is sub-divided into the Ghegh and the Toski. See Hahn: “Albanische Studien,” Jena, 1854.
Alemannic or Allemanian.