Maldivian.

Dravidian; mixed dialect of the Maldives, a chain of coral islands off the coast of Malabar, B. India. Vocaby. in Jnl. Asiat. Socy. of Bengal, 1841.

⁂ This is a spoken and written language with some resemblance to the Agaw group. H. C.

Mallicollo.

Negritic: Papuan dialect of New Hebrides.

Malo.

(1) Sub-dialect of Uriya, spoken by highland tribes of Orissa, B. India.

(2) Sub-dialect of Dayak, Borneo.

Maltese.

Mixed dialect of Malta; it is of Semitic origin, closely allied to Arabic, but much infused with Italian. Dicty. by Vella: Maltese, Italian, and English, Livorno [Leghorn], 1853.