Veddahs. A primitive hunting people of Ceylon, who are sometimes classed as Dravidian, but more probably represent the still older (Negrito?) aborigines of the island. They are dwarfish, of dark complexion, with features intermediate between the Hindu and Papuan types. They rank among the rudest and least civilised of races, being equally unable to laugh, count, or cook. They are dying out.
Veis, or Vey. A Sudanese Negro race, of Mandingan stock, on the West Coast of Africa, who are said to be the only Negro race who have invented an alphabet.
Venezuelans. White natives of Venezuela, of Spanish descent. Most of them are crossed with Indian blood.
Vikings. See [NORSEMEN].
Visigoths. See [GOTHS].
Voguls. A nomadic Finno-Ugrian race who inhabit both slopes of the Urals. They closely resemble the [Ostyaks] and [Samoyedes] (q.v.). m
Vuaregga, Vuarua, Vuarunga, Vuavinza. Bantu Negro tribes inhabiting the Congo basin and the Tanganyika district.
Wachaga. A predatory Bantu race on the southern slopes of Kilimanjaro.
Wadai Group. A group of Sudanese Negro tribes inhabiting Wadai and East Darfur, including Birkits, Massalits, Korungas, Mabas (mixed with Hamitic blood), and other tribes. They are mainly of pastoral habit.
Waganda. A Bantu Negro race who founded the kingdom of Uganda and attained a remarkable degree of civilisation before the arrival of white men. They are very intelligent, and their skill in the industrial arts has caused them to be called the Japanese of Africa. They are also warlike, and formerly indulged in frequent plundering and slave hunting raids among the surrounding races.