A dialect of Eastern Polynesia; spoken by the natives of Samoa, or the Navigator’s Islands; a group situated in 13° to 15° S. lat., and 168° to 173° W. longitude. This is the only dialect of Eastern Polynesia which has a sibilant. W. G. L.
Samogitian.
Lithuanian of Wilna, a Russian government in the Baltic provinces. It is also called Polish-Lithuanic.
Samoiede, Samoyed, or Samojedic.
Ugrian: dialect classed as Fin, spoken by Tatar tribes along the Frozen Ocean in N. Siberia. Divisions are known as: (1) Nisovi, North of the Beresov. (2) Verkhovi, dialects of the Obi. Grammar by Castrén, St. Petersburg, 1854. See [Soyotes].
Samuca or Zamuca.
American: Indians of Chiquitos. Dialects are Caipotorade and Morotoco.
San.
American: “San” Spanish for Saint, Sanctus; prefix to several Missions.