Jakun.
Malayan: dialect of the S. Peninsula of Malacca.
Jakut, Jakuti, or Yakut.
Alatyan: dialect of the parts between Lake Baikal and the Arctic Sea, which nearly coincides with the Russian Government of Jakutsk (Irkutsk). Boehtlingk: “Ueber die Sprache der Jakuten,” St. Petersburg, 1851. See [Yak].
Jallonka.
African: a dialect of Mandingo, allied to Fantee.
Jalloof.
African: a branch of Mandingo, much mingled with French and Arabic; it is spoken by a numerous people between the R. Gambia and Senegal on the W. coast. Called also Guiloffs, Jolofs, Oualoofs, and Woloffs. Clarke: “Dialects of Africa,” p. 6.
Jamaica, see [W. Indies].
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