Langue d’jo or ja.
Mediæval name for German. Farrar. (“Ja” means “yes.”)
Langue d’oc.
(1) Name for the ancient Provençal or Romance dialect of S. France, derived from their use of the word “oc,” for “yes,” instead of “oïl”; it was in especial the language of the early poets, called Troubadours, who cultivated the “gai-science.”
(2) Patois of French, the dialect of Toulouse. Dicty., Montpellier, 1820.
Langue d’oil.
Old name for the northern dialect of France, derived from using the word “oïl” for “yes,” since superseded by “oui”; it was especially used by that class of poets called “Trouvères.” Grammar by Burguy, 3 vols., second edit., Berlin and Paris, 1870.
Lanka-Bhasa.
Ancient Sinhalese; Ceylon being called Lanka or Lenka in Sanskrit. See [Pali].
Lanzerota.