Abor

A dialect of A amese , spoken by a hill tribe on the north-western extremity of A am. Logan, Jnl. Indian Archipelago, 1853, p. 190. See Aka . Absne or Abkhazian . A name for the ancient Abasci , now represented by Abascia or Abgah (Abkasia), a country of Asiatic Ru ia, lying between the Caspian and Black Seas. The modern word Absné is called Abkhazi by the Georgians; with the terminal “eti” for “land,” it is Abkhazeti, and extends from Soukum-kale to Jenikale. The affinities of the Absné language are very uncertain; a large number of its words are similar to Circa ian, but a larger proportion apparently not so. See Vocabularies in Güldenstädt’s “Reisen;” Klaproth’s “Reise;” “Asia Polyglott a,” .     H. H. H.   Aby in i an , see Agau , Amharic , Galla , Tigre , . ☞