Penobscot.
American: language of Indians in the States of Maine and N. Brunswick; classed as a dialect of Abenaki.
Pequod or Pequot.
American: dialect of Algonkin spoken in Connecticut.
Periods of Language.
Successive stages in the development of a language, each occupying a certain interval of time. The changes sometimes indicate growth, sometimes decay and approaching extinction. G. R.
Permian or Permic.
Tchudic: Ugrian dialect of Perm in Russia, closely allied to Wotiak and Zirianian. Also called Biarmian. The Permians were the first of their race converted to Christianity by St. Stephen, apostolic King of Hungary, 997 or 1000 A.D. Dicty. by Rogord, 1869.
Persian.
Iranic: modern dialect of Persia, derived from Old Persian, but with a large infusion of Arabic words, and written in a modification of the Nishki-Arabic characters, called Taalic, and in a running hand called Shikestah. Grammar by Vullers, Gissæ, 1870; Dictys. by Johnson and Richardson. Dialects are Mazenderan; see Klaproth’s “Beschreibung,” Berlin, 1814. Tatt, the dialect of Baku in Daghestan; see Eichwald’s “Reise,” Stuttgart, 1834. Twelve are specified by Von Hammer, “Asiatic Jl.,” 1833. See [Tajik].