Mantawai, Mantawei.

Malayan: language of Mantawai and Pagai or Poggy, islands to W. of Sumatra. P. J. V.

Mantshu, Manchu.

Moghol: typical language of Turanian, vernacular with the Mantshu Tatars, now the reigning dynasty of China, but originally from the R. Amur, Chinese Tartary. The characters are written in vertical columns and read from left to right. Vocaby. by Gabelentz, Leipsig, 1864; “Sketch” by Castrén, St. Petersburg, 1856.

Mantuan.

Sub-dialect of Italian; Vocaby. by Cherubini, Milan, 1827.

Manua.

Polynesian: it is the Samoan with a few words of the E. Islands. W. G.

Manyak.

Bhotya: tribe of E. Nipal. Vocaby. in Hunter’s “Comp. Dicty.”