Sankikani

American: old dialect of Algonkin , spoken by Ogibways of New Sweden, now New Jersey. San sanding , see Sunghai . Sanscrit , Sanskrit . Indo-European: typical dialect of Indian , and parent of Bengali , Hindi , Gujeratti , Hindu stan i , Mahratti , Oriya , Punjabi , and Sindhi ; it is closely allied to Zend and other languages of the Iranic branch, and though no longer vernacular, is preserved in the Vedas and other sacred writings of the Brahmins. The word Sanskrit means “polished, refined,” der.: sam, “together,” krita, “made perfect” = Samskrita, “made euphonic.” The alphabetic character is called Devanagari, “city of the gods,” from Benares, sacred city of the Brahmins; and it is read from left to right like European languages. The term Old Sanscrit is applied to an early numismatic alphabet found on coins of Kabul. See Prakrit . Santali , see Sontali . Sanwar , Sunwur . Bhot: dialect of the Sunwars of E. Nipal, cla ed as Thibet an . Vocaby. in Hunter’s “Comp. Dicty.”     A. C.