⁂ Gallatin treats this as distinct; it has affinities with the Aino. H. C.
Lybian.
African: same as Libyan. See [Thugga].
Lycaonian.
Ancient dialect of Lycaonia in Asia Minor. See “Disquisition,” by Jablonski, Berlin, 1714: frequently reprinted.
Lycian.
Extinct dialect of Asia Minor, known only by inscriptions. See Fellow’s “Lycia,” London, 1841; “Asiatic Researches,” vol. xii.
⁂ It is Aryan in character, and more like the Zend than any other Aryan form of speech. G. R.
Lydian.
An extinct dialect of Asia Minor, known very imperfectly; classed by some as Semitic (Lassen, Bunsen, Bötticher), by others as Indo-European. G. R.