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Arayas, see [Taino].

Archaic Greek.

A name for the original Cadmean alphabet of ancient Greece, it consisted of seventeen letters only, and was derived from the Phœnician.

Arda.

Spoken, according to Alcedo, on the Upper Napo, on the boundaries of New Grenada, Brazil, and Ecuador. A “Doctrina Christiana,” Madrid, 1658, and a “Paternoster” are the only recorded specimens of the Arda. No philologist seems to have examined them. The fragmentary languages with which they are the most likely to have been allied are the Andoa, the Shimigaes, and the Zapara. “Ludwig,” p. 12. R. G. L.

Ardrah.

African: a dialect of the Slave-coast.

Argot.

French patois, applied to cant and slang dialects. See Jülg’s “Vater,” pp. 132, 485.

Argubba.