Teutonic: dialect of Low-German. See Strodtmann: “Idioticon,” Leipzig, 1756.

Osset, Ossetian, or Ossitinian.

Caucasian: modern dialect of Abascia, classed as Armenic. Also called Iron (i.e., Irân), from the name of the Caucasian people who speak it. See Klaproth: “Asia P.,” p. 89; Dicty. by Sjögren, St. Petersburg, 1844; Grammar by Rosen, St. Petersburg, 1846.

Ostiak.

Ugrian: dialect of Finnish spoken in Asiatic Russia, on and between the R. Obi and the Yenisey. Chief divisions are the Lake and Sable Ostiaks. (Klaproth.) Vocaby. by Castrén and Schiefner, St. Petersburg, 1858. See [Denka].

Otaheite.

Polynesian: an erroneous spelling of Tahiti. W. G. L. See [Tahitian].

Otakapa, under [A].

Otam.

African: dialect of Kaffir, spoken on the Old Calabar R. Used also as a class name for the languages of that district. It is also written Udom. R. G. L.