The Aramaic alphabet was identical with, or derived from, the Phœnician.
Arapaho or Arrapaho.
The dialect of a native tribe of N. American Indians of the Algonkin family, vernacular on the R. Platte; originally on the Upper Saskatshewan. Schoolcraft’s “Indian Tribes,” vol. iii., p. 446; Vocab. Amer. Ethn. Trans., vol. ii., p. 96.
Araquaju.
American: a dialect of the Brazilian class, vernacular on the Upper Amazons. See Von Martius, vol. ii., p. 17.
Araucanian.
Dialect spoken by the powerful independent Indian tribe inhabiting the western slope of the Andes, south of Chili proper. D. F.
Arawack.
A dialect of Carib, spoken on the N. coast of S. America, in Surinam, Venezuela, and the Guianas (Berbice); supposed to have been introduced by aboriginal settlers from Hayti and other W. Indian islands.