Amberbaki.
A dialect of Papuan, vernacular in a village so named on the N. W. coast of N. Guinea.
Amblau.
An island of the Amboyna group; the language, belonging to the Alfuru, or semi-Alfuru, dialects of the Moluccas, seems to differ very considerably from that of the neighbouring islands; judging from the vocabulary given in Mr. Wallace’s “Malay Archipelago.” P. J. V.
Amboyna.
A dialect of the Molucca Islands, in the Indian Ocean; known as Amboynese Malay. The provincial dialect is termed Bahasa-tanah, the language of the Moluccan Alfuru. See Vocabularies by Wallace and Lüdeking. P. J. V.
American.
A name for all dialects of the aborigines throughout N. and S. America. Trübner’s “Bibliotheca Glottica,” London, 1858. See [Introduction].
Amharic.
The Court tongue of Abyssinia for many centuries. Amhara proper is that district lying between the Dender and Tacazze branches of the Nile. It closely resembles the Ethiopic, with alphabets that are nearly identical. The root word is probably identical with “Ham” or “Chem,” the poetical name for Egypt in the Psalms of David.