(1) Semitic: sub-dialect of Arabic. Grammar by Sionita, Paris, 1616.
(2) An alphabetic character of Syriac.
Maros.
(1) Malayan: district of Nias, a small island near Sumatra.
(2) Bugis: district of Celebes.
Marquees (Lourenzo), see [Tekeza].
Marquesan.
Polynesian: a dialect of Eastern Polynesia, closely allied to Tahitian, vernacular in the Marquesas Islands, S. Pacific, situated in 7°-10° S. Lat., 139°-141° W. Lon. De Gembloux, “Idiomologie des îles Marquises,” Bourges, 1843. W. G. L.
Marrane, Marron.