Romance: a mingled dialect of Latin and Slavonic, also called Rouman or Rumanyo. It is divided into (1) Northern dialect, called Dacian or Daco-Roman, spoken in Moldavia, Bessarabia, &c.; (2) South of the Danube, called Macedo- or Kutzo-Wallachian. The people called Rumanje are by some stated to be Thracians, by others Illyrians by descent, but the language is that of the Roman colonists settled in Dacia under the Emperor Trajan. They still use the old Cyrillic alphabet for liturgical purposes, but a more simplified character is in general use. Grammar by Iszer, Kronstadt, 1855; Dicty. by Cihao: “Dictionnaire d’Etymologie Daco-Romane,” Francfort, 1870.
⁂ This language has the peculiarity, like the Basque, of postposition of the article: thus, “ochiu’l (oculus ille)” = “the eye”; “omu’l” = “man the,” for “the man.” Farrar. ☞
Wallamette, under [Wi].
Wallis Islands.
Polynesian: same as Uea. See [Loyalty Is.]
Wallon or Walloon (Rouchi-Francais).
Romance: French patois of Flanders and Belgium. Dicty. by Grandgagnage, Liége, 1845-50. See [Liegeoise].
Wamma, Wammer.
Malayan: islands of the lesser Sunda group, peopled with Alfuru. See [Aroo].