Falasha.
A dialect of Agaw, spoken by a people, called “Black Jews,” scattered throughout Abyssinia. See D’Abbadie, in “Bulletin de la Soc. de Géog.,” Paris, 1845, and a modern book by Flad.
⁂ Derived from the Hebrew “fallâsi” (root פלש) a “wanderer” or “stranger.” A. H. B.
Fall-Indians.
American: a name for tribes of the Alasar. See [Minetari].
Fallersleben.
A sub-dialect of Low-German. See Hoffmann’s “Mundartliche,” in Spiel’s “Archives,” 1821.
Families of Speech.
A name for primary divisions of languages, classed genealogically. See Dr. Farrar’s book, so called, London, 1870.
Fan.