American. Spoken on the frontiers of New Grenada, and on the head waters of the Rs. Tigre and Pastazza. It is bounded by the Shimigas and Zaparu. Small vocabulary by Spruce. R. G. L.

Andreanowski Islands, see [Aleutian].

Aneiteum or Annatom.

A Polynesian dialect, allied to Papuan, vernacular in Aneiteum, the easternmost island of the New Hebrides group, S. Pacific Ocean. The language began to be reduced to written form, by the use of Roman letters, by the London Missionary Society; subsequently completed in books, now used by natives, by the “U. P. R. C.” Mission of Scotland. W. G. ☞

Anfue.

A native dialect, allied to Adampi, from the Gold-coast, W. Africa.

Angami.

A dialect of Assamese, vernacular in central and lower Assam.

Anglian.