Dorbot or Durbet.

A dialect of Moghol.

Doreh or Dorey, Port.

Papuan: dialects of N. Coast of New Guinea; Wallace: “Malay Archip.”

Doric or Dorian.

Hellenic: a dialect of Ancient Greek, spoken in Laconia, Argolis, Corinth, Crete, Rhodes, and several cities of Asia Minor, known to us both through books and inscriptions. It is of a broader character than common Greek. See Portus: “Dict. Doricum,” &c., 1603. G. R.

Dorpat.

Sub-dialect of Esthonian, vernacular at Dorpat in Esthonia, a Russian province on the Baltic. It belongs to the Turanian family of languages, and closely resembles Finnish. Masing: “Vorschläge,” 8vo, Dorpat, 1820; Faehlmann, “Versuch,” Dorpat, 1842.

Dorsetshire.

A provincial dialect of English. See Barnes: “Poems in Dorset Dialect,” 3 vols., 1847-62; also Grammar and Glossary in “Trans. of Phil. Society,” 1863. W. W. S.