American: dialect of Sioux, N. division, called “Grosventre,” i.e. “big-bellies,” Ehatsar; other dialects are Alasar, or Fall-Indians, and Kattanahaws. Ludewig, London, 1858, p. 119.
⁂ Dr. Latham objects to the word “Alasar.” According to that great authority it is a misnomer, arising from some confusion between the words “Ahnenin” and “Atsina.” The former are classed by Gallatin as Arrapahoes. See “Amer. Ethnol.,” vol. ii., where the same vocabulary is printed as Atsina. We have no original authority for the word “Alasar,” but it appears in Jülg’s “Vater,” p. 253. See Trübner’s “Ludewig,” p. 12; also Latham’s “Elements,” p. 457, where it is shown that there are two different tribes called Fall-Indians, one Algonkin and one Sioux.
Mingo.
American: tribes of Iroquois, now extinct. Sometimes called Maqua, Mengwe.
Mingrelian.
Caucasian: sub-dialect of Georgian, closely allied to Lazic. Klaproth: “Jnl. Asiatique,” 1829.
Minnesingers.
Early minstrels of Germany, using the Swabian and other dialects. See “Manessische Handschrift,” by Vander Hagen, 1838; “Die Deutschen Minnesänger,” 4 vols. 4to. The Meistersangers are of a later date.
Minsi.