Massowa.

African: dialect of Gafat. Mithridates, v. 432. H. C.

Mbarike, Mbe, Mbofon.

African: dialects of the Gaboon.

Menagon.

African: a dialect allied to Mararit. H. C.

Messapian.

A dialect of ancient Italy, spoken in the Calabrian peninsula. It is known to us only by inscriptions and a few glosses, which show it to be Indo-European, and not very unlike Greek. See Mommsen: “Unteritalische Dialekte,” Leipzig, 1851. G. R.

Mikir, Muhu.

Assamese: allied dialects of Cachar. H. C.