American: Eskimo of the W. Coast.

Priyadasi.

Inscriptions in the early Sanskrit of W. India, known as the Edicts of Priyadasi.

Provençal.

Romance: early language of S. France, derived from Latin, and originated in the district known as the Roman “Provincia”: the modern Provence. It is also called Langue d’oc, Limousin, Occitanian, and Romaunt. It was the dialect used by the poets called Troubadours. Allied dialects are Churwalsche or Engadine, Rhæto-Roman, Romanese or Romansch. Grammar by Bartsch, Elberfeld, 1868. See [Romaunt].

Prussian.

(1) Old-Prussian: an extinct dialect of Lithuanic. See Nesselmann: “Die ... alten Preussen,” Berlin, 1845.

(2) Teutonic: a sub-dialect of Low-German. See Dicty. by Henning, Königsberg, 1785.

(3) Slavonic: a sub-dialect of Polish. Spoken in Prussia. ☞

Puan or Puant.