Negrij-baru

Malayan: sub-dialect of Menadu . Negritic , Negrito . Cla name for dialects of Polynesian , spoken by dark-skinned races of the Indian Archipelago, applied primarily to New Guinea, Australia, . ⁂ The true Negritos are the black population of the Philippine Islands and the Malay peninsula, and, according to Mr. Wallace, “Malay Archipelago,” vol. ii., pp. 451-3, are quite distinct from the Papuans, as well as from the Malays, and rather of Asiatic than of Polynesian origin.     P. J. V.   See Pygmean .