The Aryan family of languages is divided into the following branches:—Armenic, Celtic or Keltic, Hellenic, Illyric, Indic, Iranic, Italic, Teutonic, and Wendic (or Slavonic-Lettic). Each of these groups or branches will be treated under its proper stem, with sub-branches. See [Introduction]. ☞
Ashantee or Ashanti.
Sometimes called Odjii or Otshi, the national language of the Guinea coast, W. Africa; it belongs to the Mandingo branch, and is closely allied to the Fantee, spoken on the Gold-coast.
Asian or Asiatic.
Klaproth’s “Asia Polyglotta,” Paris, 1823, 1832. See [Introduction].
Asilulu, see [Amboyna].
Assamese.
The modern language of Assam, an extensive province of British India adjoining Bengal; it extends along the course of the R. Brahmapootra, towards Thibet. The archaic dialect known as Ahom, being extinct, has been superseded by a dialect of Bengali; Assamese is, however, unintelligible to the natives of Bengal. It is written in the Bengali character. See Brown’s “Comparative Table of Dialects: Asiatic Society of Bengal.”
Assan.