The treasury of languages

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Sub-dialect of Low-German. See Schütze: “Holsteinisches Idiotikon,” Hamburgh, 1800-6. W. W. S.

Honduras.

American: geographical term for the Lenca class.

⁂ The languages are allied to the Kouma, Legba, &c., of W. Africa. H. C.

Hoopah.

American: a variety of Athabaskan, spoken so far S. as U. California.

Hor or Horpa.

Thibetan: a local dialect of Bhot, called also (1) Khache: Chinese Koatse; (2) Igur, the native name, which appears to be the same as Uighur, a Turkish dialect. The affix “pa” in “Horpa” is Bhot, as quoted by Mr. Hodgson, who gives W. Thibet along with Dzungaria and Chinese Turkestan as the area over which it is spoken. R. G. L.

Hotontalo.

Polynesian; a sub-dialect of Menadu.