The treasury of languages

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Selenga.

Turanian: dialect of Moghol, closely allied to Aimauk.

Selish.

American: tribe of Atnah, or Flatheads. The Flatheads are sometimes called Chin-Indians, because the boards used to compress the forehead serve to thrust the chin forward. Also called Shoushwap. Grammar by Mengarini, New York, 1861. See [Tshihaili].

Semian.

Sub-Semitic: a dialect of Amharic.

Seminole.

American: Indians of E. Florida. Their language belongs to the Creek or Muskogulgee class. R. G. L.

Semitic.

A word formed from the name of the patriarch Shem or Sem. Same as Syro-Arabic; class name for the Arabic, Aramaic, Mesopotamian, and Canaanitish groups of languages, taken collectively.