Accra or Accarah.
A language of the Mandingo branch of native African, spoken by a small nation on the Gold-coast, about lat. 5° 35′ N., long. 0° 12′ W.; it is sometimes designated the Ghah or Ga, and the people are supposed to have been removed by emigration from the interior. Ghana or Gana is a city, governed by a Sultaun, near the upper course of the Niger. Rask’s “Vejledning,” 8vo, Copenhagen, 1828. See [Aquapim].
Achæmenian Persian.
The name of that form of the Old Persian language which is used in the inscriptions of the Achæmenian kings, or the line of native monarchs which commenced with Cyrus the Great and terminated with Darius Codomannus, the antagonist of Alexander. The language is written in an arrow-headed or cuneiform character of a simple kind, and is closely akin to the Zend, Pazend, and the modern Persian. The best work on the language is that of Spiegel, “Altpersische Keilinschriften.” G. R.
Achagua.
A dialect of native S. American, vernacular on the R. Casanare, a tributary of the R. Orinoco; and closely allied to Maipur. “Mithridates,” iii., p. 631.
Achastli.
American: spoken on the coast of California between San Francisco and St. Diego.
Achinese.