The treasury of languages

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Eskimo: a dialect of the Aleutian class, vernacular in the island so named. Vocaby. “Amer. Ethnol.,” vol. ii., p. 104. See [Konagi].

Kaffa.

African: a dialect of Gonga, allied to Woratta and Yangaro.

Kafir, Kaffir.

Arabic word for “pagan” or “infidel” from the Moslem point of view. We have “Káfir,” singular; “Kuffar,” plural.

(1) Asiatic: Káfir of Kafristan. A dialect spoken by the Shiah-poosh, allied to Sanskrit; it is the vernacular speech of Hindu-Kush. Tribes of Kafristan are Ashkin, Ashpin, Kamoz, Pashai.

(2) Kâfirí, the Caffres of S. Africa, the most widely extended family of speech found there. See Bleek’s “Comparative Grammar,” 2 vols., London, 1869; Boyce’s Grammar by Davis, London, 1863. ☞

Kagan or Kayan.

Borneo: sub-dialect of Dayak. See Crawfurd: “Dissertation,” p. 205.