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.