African: a dialect of the Nufi.
Erromango.
A class of Western Polynesian, allied to Annatom or Aneiteum, the most easterly of the N. Hebrides group. W. G.
Erroob.
A dialect of Miriam, vernacular in the Darnley Is. See Jukes: “Voyage of the Fly,” vol. ii., p. 274.
Erse, see [Irish].
Escuara or Euskarian.
Native name for the Basque language. The word is of doubtful etymology; the term Basque is a variant of Vascony or Gascony, the B, V, and G being interchangeable. The language is clearly agglutinative, but no close affinity has been established, although many analogies have been detected. The people call themselves “Escualdun.” See De Larramendi: “Diccionario trilingüe del Castellano, Bascuence y Latin,” St. Sebastian, 1853; vocabulary by Humboldt (additions to “Mithridates”), 8vo, Berlin, 1817; D’Abbadie and Chato, Paris, 1836. J. V. See [Basque].
Esitako.
African: a dialect of Nufi.