A dialect of ancient Greek, originally peculiar to Attica, but which became the parent of the so-called “common dialect,” or ordinary language of Greek literature. The Attic had much in common with the Ionic, but affected contractions and retained aspirates where the Ionic discarded them. G. R.
Attigae.
A tribe of the Chech in Caucasia. H. C.
Atures.
According to Humboldt, the Atures were the original occupants of the cataract on the R. Orinoco, which bears their name; their language, on the authority of Gilij, is a form of the Salivi. ☞
Atye, see [Whidah].
Augsburg.
Germanic: dialect of High-German spoken in Bavaria. See “Jnl. Für Deutschland,” 1783.
Auramoiset.
A dialect of Karelian, vernacular in the Government of St. Petersburgh. See “Memoirs of the St. Petersburgh Academy.”