The treasury of languages

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Altaic or Ural-Altaic.

Generic name for the Moghol, Tungus, Turk, Samoyed, and Ugrian languages. See Castrén’s “Altaischer Volker.”

Amakosa.

African. See [Kaffir].

Amat.

A dialect of older Dravidian vernacular in Nepaul.

Amazig.

A name for the Berber of N. Africa. It is called Aquel Amarigor Amazig, i.e. “Noble tongue;” the native dialect of Berbers.

Amazons.

A class of native dialects spoken by tribes along the banks of the R. Amazon, S. America; more especially the Amazonas and Humanos, formerly of the lower Putumayo. Wallace, p. 250.