Oru (Ejo).
African: native dialect of Brass-Town. It belongs to the Ashantee group, and as a class name, includes Aro, Ebo, and Mbofia, and is allied to Isoama and Isiele. H. C.
Osage, Osawses, Ous.
American: Sioux Indians of Arkansas, on the R. Osage. It is also written Huzzaw and Washas. Schoolcraft’s “Indian Tribes,” vol. iv., p. 275; Bradbury’s “Travels,” London, 1817.
Oscan.
Italic: early dialect of Italy, allied to Latin, Umbrian, &c.; but belonging especially to Central and S. Italy. Known by archaic inscriptions. See Mommsen’s “Unteritalischen Dialekte,” Leipzig, 1851; “Versuch,” &c., by Enderis, Zürich, 1871.
Osmanli.
Alatyan: dialect of Western Turkish; it is the typical literary language of the family, spoken by the Oghuz or Ottoman Turks; it is closely allied to Tshuvash, Kirghiz, Turcoman, and Igur or Uigur and Jagatai, but very much softened.
Osnabrück, Osnaburg.