African: French form of Foulah. See [Fula].

Powhattan.

American: extinct dialect of Algonkin, formerly spoken in Maryland and Virginia.

Poyes, Poyus.

American: tribes of Vuta-Huilliche.

Pracrit, Prakrit.

Indic: a later form of Sanskrit, also called Sarawasti; formerly vernacular in the Punjab. The word “prakrit” means “derived.” It was the more popular form of speech, as opposed to the cultivated dialect. Inaccurately used as a class-name for all families of Indian languages. Grammar by Cowell, London, 1868.

Prairie.

French word: the Pampas of N. America. Not used now as a class-name.

Praslin.