A geographical term for some dialects of Siberia. See [Corean].
Koreish.
Semitic: the leading dialect of Arabic.
Although the literary importance of the tribe of Koreish does not seem to have been very great before the age of Mahomet, it was nevertheless the dialect which he adopted for the Koran, and it has from that day been the classical language of Arabia. See Renan, “Hist. Gen. des Langues Sémitiques,” p. 328. R. P. S. See [Cufic].
Koreng, see [Karen].
Koriak.
A Korean dialect of Okhotsk in Siberia, closely allied to Kamchatkan.
Korinchi.
Malayan: dialect of interior of Sumatra, written with a peculiar native character. P. J. V.