African: dialect of the Gaboon, allied to Tumu and Nfut. H. C.

Neapolitan.

Romance: the patois of Naples; a sub-dialect of Italian. Vocaby. by Galiani, Naples, 1789.

Neger-Englische, see [Creolese].

Negrij-baru.

Malayan: sub-dialect of Menadu.

Negritic, Negrito.

Class name for dialects of Polynesian, spoken by dark-skinned races of the Indian Archipelago, applied primarily to New Guinea, Australia, &c.

⁂ The true Negritos are the black population of the Philippine Islands and the Malay peninsula, and, according to Mr. Wallace, “Malay Archipelago,” vol. ii., pp. 451-3, are quite distinct from the Papuans, as well as from the Malays, and rather of Asiatic than of Polynesian origin. P. J. V. See [Pygmean].

Negro.